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.

  • seathru
    3·
    10 months ago

    In some US states, yes. If a property does not have it’s taxes paid, the state/county takes possession. Often they will auction it off or sell it for the amount of taxes owed.

    • PersnickityPenguin
      1·
      10 months ago

      What’s preventing the state from just raising taxes on all the properties that a business wants to absurd levels, seize it and sell it if to that business for cheap?

      This sounds very undemocratic.