Sahwa@reddthat.com to Not The Onion@lemmy.worldEnglish · 3 days agoBay Area homeowners are hiring a sword-wielding man to help them kick squatters out of empty properties: ‘The average squatter has no melee experience’www.independent.co.ukexternal-linkmessage-square170linkfedilinkarrow-up1557arrow-down17
arrow-up1550arrow-down1external-linkBay Area homeowners are hiring a sword-wielding man to help them kick squatters out of empty properties: ‘The average squatter has no melee experience’www.independent.co.ukSahwa@reddthat.com to Not The Onion@lemmy.worldEnglish · 3 days agomessage-square170linkfedilink
minus-squareMirshe@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·2 days agoThis might also count under assault, depending on state laws. Someone turns up at my door with a fucking sword, a gun, and a belt full of chemical weapons, I’m definitely going to feel like he’s there to harm me, whether or not he says he is.
minus-squareronl2k@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·2 days agoTBF, the article never really describes exactly what the man does with all his equipment. We don’t even know if he’ll be the aggressor.
This might also count under assault, depending on state laws. Someone turns up at my door with a fucking sword, a gun, and a belt full of chemical weapons, I’m definitely going to feel like he’s there to harm me, whether or not he says he is.
TBF, the article never really describes exactly what the man does with all his equipment. We don’t even know if he’ll be the aggressor.