Sahwa@reddthat.com to Not The Onion@lemmy.worldEnglish · 2 months 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-square181linkfedilinkarrow-up1564arrow-down18
arrow-up1556arrow-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 · 2 months agomessage-square181linkfedilink
minus-squareMirshe@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·2 months 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-up4·2 months 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.