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.

  • mathemachristian@lemm.ee
    44·
    10 months ago

    If it prevents someone from being homeless without risking someone else (or me) being homeless then yes. Private property should not be of a higher concern than someone having shelter.

    • Cryophilia@lemmy.world
      21·
      10 months ago

      You could be helping hundreds of people in poor countries survive, but you’re not. You should be selling your property and donating the proceeds to UNICEF or similar.

      • mathemachristian@lemm.ee
        1·
        10 months ago

        Do you not understand the difference between taking from someone that’s hoarding a resource required by society and taking everything someone owns?