Landlord thought they could pull a kickdoor and discovered there were consequences. Hope Watson gets off with the most lenient punishment but I doubt RI will let that happen.
[Landlord] and two other people, including her brother, had climbed some stairs to approach the man's apartment door, which someone kicked in during the exchange, Lapatin said.
"There were some weapons we believe that were in the possession of the people entering," said Lapatin, who did not specify who was armed.
Way to bury the fucking lead providence journal, this should read "Man defends self from armed vigilante squad"
passive fucking voice
no this man defended himself from being murdered by the local feudal-corporate militia
Passive voice and we know exactly what weapon the guy had (a scary ghost gun!) but every action and weapon of the attackers remains shrouded in mystery
fun fact, the man defending his home was black!
im sure the police and press will handle this whole situation very well
The craziest part is the local cops would surely have been happy to perform the eviction for her if it was a legal eviction, that's like half of what they do. The landlord had terminal Americabrain (tm) and wanted to do it themselves, illegally.
Gee I wonder who the "someone" was that kicked in the door :thinkin-lenin:
We noticed the door experience a kinetic event, prior to the unit dweller opening fire. Then I tactically ascertained several bullets entering my chest cavity.
They believe they have the right to use violence to control their private property. They're also big mad the police don't give a shit about small fish and will tell them to take it to court.
Rhode Island is so liberal that they've still not legalized recreational weed. Connecticut legalized it first, and Connecticut is stuffed to the gills with gated communities of old money assholes!
Connecticut is just strip malls, gated communities, insurance office parks and bedroom villages for other states. It's worse than a bad place, it's a non-place.
…I was going to mention Mystic, but Mystic Village is just a significantly nicer strip mall.
Excited to see Kyle Rittenhouse on the court steps leading a protest
it is unequivocally always good to shoot people trying to evict you from your home
:fuck-around:
That story about the Italian princess pretender's eviction got me such confused feelings
the difference is nobility need to do it with sword and lance :theory-gary:
the maoist uprising against the landlords was the largest and most comprehensive proletarian revolution in history, and led to almost totally-equal redistribution of land among the peasantry
"There were some weapons we believe that were in the possession of the people entering," said Lapatin, who did not specify who was armed.
Man defends self from armed intruders
Tenants have investigated the complaints against Watson and have found no wrongdoing
Glad she died, hoping for the best for the person defending himself.
Same but he's probably going to get his ass handed to him by the law since he killed a landlord.
Watson is charged with possession of a firearm after being convicted of a crime of violence, two counts of possession of a magazine that can hold more than 10 rounds, possession of a ghost gun and possession of a rifle barrel of less than 16 inches.
first one is maybe :yikes: rest of those are fake crimes although he's pretty fucked if that last one is an NFA violation
i got slapped with violent crime for beating the shit out of someone who called me a slur to my face :shrug-outta-hecks:
that should've gotten you slapped with one of these bad bois :order-of-lenin:
'crime of violence' could just be the bogus crime of resisting arrest that cops like to stack, but yeah
yeah idk what his previous conviction was been but it's probably gonna be critical support on this one.
I don't think it matters what the previous crime was as he's in the right in this case
Afaik they sometimes count just having a gun in a city as being a "crime of violence" even if no violence ever occurs- it's how liberals say they're stopping violent crime when they stop and frisk black men. Could be anything.
Even if he hurt someone in the past, he still has the right to defend himself against his armed landlord
Instant hall of famer for tortured crime articles. The art of interspersing direct police narrative of this guy's supposed evil crimes between the passive voice of euphemistically describing an armed raid by a landleach and their goons is really something. It'd also be an F as a freshman's writing assignment, but that's not why they hire these people..
Edit: Somehow this is actually the best title (even though 'armed encounter' could sound like he just started shooting unarmed people) other 'local' 'news' outlets have reported this as "Providence landlord shot and killed while trying to evict tenant" or "Man accused of killing building's landlord." I have less than 0 sympathy for these local police and property stenographers. :stalin-gun-1:
