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[–] [email protected] 2 points 6 months ago
[–] [email protected] 2 points 6 months ago (3 children)

A spokesperson for SpartanNash, the parent company of Family Fare, said store employees responded “with the utmost compassion and professionalism.”

“Ensuring there is ample safe, affordable housing continues to be a widespread issue nationwide that our community needs to partner in solving,” Adrienne Chance said, declining further comment.

Warren said the woman was cooperative and quickly agreed to leave. No charges were pursued.

“We provided her with some information about services in the area,” the officer said. “She apologized and continued on her way. Where she went from there, I don’t know.”

I feel like there's very few opportunities these days to say this, but the cops and business owners in this situation actually seem to have behaved in a very humane and decent way here, so that's a nice surprise

[–] [email protected] 1 points 6 months ago

I was 100% assuming she was arrested. Very relieving that's not what happened.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 6 months ago

The unidentified woman, too. Sounds like a whole bunch of people being cordial to each other for once.

[–] [email protected] 0 points 6 months ago

cops and business owners in this situation actually seem to have behaved in a very humane and decent way

Well it's nice that they didn't beat her to death. But they still kicked her out and didn't actually provide any more help. "Services in the area" probably will be less adequate than what she'd had before they booted her.

I don't expect them to actually take care of her, but they don't get a gold star for declining to bludgeon, strangle, or imprison her. She's on her own.

[–] [email protected] 0 points 6 months ago (1 children)

The director of a local homeless assistance group is quoted as saying:

“Obviously, we don’t want people resorting to illegal activity to find housing."

IANAL but here's a funny twist of the law. It's not generally illegal, per se, for the woman have done this until she was caught and legal action was taken and was successful. The mere act of it was not in itself illegal. Heck, in California you have to give squatters 3 days notice (the area where she stayed could be seen as "vacant").

Anyway, food for thought. Lest, you know, one require housing.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 6 months ago* (last edited 6 months ago) (2 children)

Trespassing is illegal, even if the law sometimes gives even law-breaking squatters extra rights in evictions.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 6 months ago (1 children)

Yes, trespassing is illegal. But you haven't trespassed until it's established that you have trespassed. Legally.

[–] [email protected] 0 points 6 months ago (1 children)

You obviously aren't legally guilty of it until you've been charged and convicted, but that doesn't mean you haven't actually done it in the meantime.

[–] [email protected] 0 points 6 months ago

That’s not how trespass works. You have to be “noticed” that you are not welcome on the property. Once you are on notice you have trespassed if you haven’t left

[–] [email protected] -1 points 6 months ago (1 children)

Wasn't "trespassing" what cops charged students with for sitting on their own campus?

[–] [email protected] 0 points 6 months ago (1 children)

After they were asked to leave. That's what made it trespassing.

[–] [email protected] -1 points 6 months ago (1 children)

They paid quite a bit of money to be there.

Meanwhile, pro-Israeli protesters from outside campus blare loud music during the middle of finals and the administration shrugs.

Other Israeli groups invaded campuses armed with baseball bats. No arrests of Israelis appear to have been made.

So it appears the universities are punishing students residents for the actions of counter protesters.

By invoking "trespassing"

[–] [email protected] 0 points 6 months ago (1 children)

They paid quite a bit of money to be there.

And that doesn't matter a damn once they've been asked to leave.

I'm not saying it's good or bad. I'm saying it's how the law works

[–] [email protected] -1 points 6 months ago

I’m not saying it’s good or bad

:-/

[–] [email protected] -1 points 6 months ago

Not really "homeless" now is she?

[–] [email protected] -1 points 6 months ago

Who TF snitched on Jane Doe?!

[–] [email protected] -1 points 6 months ago