• blarghly@lemmy.world
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    To everyone saying “good, way to kill the pigs for trying to make an innocent person homeless”

    Flowers said Halberstam’s mother had called for assistance seven times and in the past month asked to have her [sic] evicted.

    “Our deputies and a locksmith were on scene to carry out the court-ordered eviction and remove him from the home,” Flowers said. “While they were in the entryway - having just made entry - Mr. Halberstam retrieved a weapon and began indiscriminately firing at our deputies.”

    This guy had a previous criminal record, and had had the cops called on him multiple times before by his own mom. And then his own mom got him evicted. So, when the cops show up to evict him, he opens the door and just lights up everyone in sight, including an unarmed locksmith who was just there doing his job.

    These are not the actions of an innocent proletariat hero. They’re the actions of a meth head.

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      Could you imagine living next to an evil neighbor who sells fentanyl or crack-cocaine to your community as well as human trafficking vulnerable women/girls, and when you call the police to evict the piece of shit, they tell you its too scary and you should do it yourself?

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        But… None of that was mentioned?? It appears he was just behind on bills and the cops showed up to make him homeless.

  • A_A@lemmy.world
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    if you are out of the loop, in the USA these “deputy” are part of the police force.