A homeowner is mulling the next step after a company mistakenly demolished a home she owned in southwest Atlanta.

  • Stuka@lemmy.ml
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    1 year ago

    It goes way beyond insurance and monetary compensation. There needs to be criminal liability for destroying someone's home.

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      1 year ago

      If the building was in fact "boarded up", then it might be hard to argue that it was someone's home. At least in bankruptcy law inhabited places do have special protections against seizure.

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      1 year ago

      The cops wouldn't like that. They like to be able to destroy people's homes with no repercussion.

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        1 year ago

        I get that you're being facetious, but even then they'd obviously have immunity if any laws changed. Cops always coppin'.

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            1 year ago

            i know the guy whose house was destroyed by cops in greenwood village in denver. they took it to court and effing lost. the cops additionally did $80k damage to the neighbor's home. it's one of the most rage inducing stories ever.