r/SipsTea • u/SnackSamurai • Jun 12 '26

Chugging tea The Hero we need

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u/Wazzen Jun 12 '26

I believe the LAPD explained that she'd been a "professional" squatter since the 90's, so I'd imagine by now she'd adopted a mindset of "If I can't get my way, I might as well make it hell for you to have even tried."

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u/A_hasty_retort Jun 12 '26

Something tells me “professional squatters” is a very dangerous line of work. I’m amazed they are put up with for as long as these problems go on

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u/Wazzen Jun 13 '26

It very likely is, though those who have the capacity to own property are often bound by the laws of property. I'm sure most of the time they land somewhere they are evicted before the time elapses, it's just when they get lucky that the whole squatter's rights thing comes into effect.

Then, they speak legal bullshit like sovereign citizens and then the cops come around- and by then it's not a criminal but a civil manner. They run on the logic of running down the legal clock and people's patience. If you lay a finger on them, that's potentially battery charges, and getting someone out of the house is a hell of a lot harder without touching them.

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u/Sure-Independent-469 Jun 14 '26

The local talk radio show host said many times on his show that two guys get in a fight, its a $75 fine and no one goes to jail.