75 Pittsburgh officers on leave after hourslong shootout and standoff during eviction attempt
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The suspect, William Hardison Sr., shot at deputies trying to serve an eviction notice, resulting in a standoff that lasted about 6½ hours.

    Details are still scant, but…

“I mean, he had a lot of ammunition in that house, and certainly … all of us were strapped, you know, with ammunition, and we were calling for additional ammunition,” Kraus said. “Like I said, we tried to give him every opportunity to come out.”

    …I’ll go way out on a limb and suggest that this could’ve been handled better.

  • crystal@feddit.de
    0·
    2 years ago

    People should be allowed to occupy and damage any property they’ve set foot on once, not matter how expensive

    • ikiru@lemmy.ml
      6·
      2 years ago

      Dude, shut the fuck up.

      I hope you get to be in this dude’s situation one day and you have to take your homelessness with a please and thank you, sir, may I have another.

      • crystal@feddit.de
        1·
        2 years ago

        He occupied a house, not an apartment. He got evicted because he wouldn’t settle for less than a whole house.

        I may be in this dude’s situation one day. And you know what I’m gonna do? Move to a cheaper apartment.

    • hglman@lemmy.mlEnglish
      1·
      2 years ago

      People should have a home if the action here were to provide another housing option, then this wouldn’t have happened. Also seems the person likely had a traumatic reason for being evicted and needed help.