Yes. There should be.
Posted on 10/26/2020 1:12:54 PM PDT by karpov
Throughout much of June 2020, far-left activists exercised control over a part of Seattle that came to be known as the "Capitol Hill Organized Protest Zone" (CHOP). City officials allowed the activists to control the 16-block area in the wake of clashes with police arising from protests triggered by the brutal killing of George Floyd by police officers in Minnesota. During the three week period of CHOP "autonomy" (which was finally ended when the mayor ordered police to clear the area on July 1), there was extensive violence and property damage in the area.
Property owners have sued the city, seeking compensation for the damage they suffered, and for temporary loss of access to their land and buildings. One of the claims they have made is a demand for compensation under the Takings Clause of the Fifth Amendment, and the equivalent provision in the Washington State Constitution. As co-blogger Eugene Volokh notes, a federal district court recently denied a motion to dismiss three of the claims made by the plaintiffs, including the takings claim.
When I initially heard about the takings claim in this case, I was very skeptical. But reading Judge Thomas Zilly's careful opinion has led me to reconsider. I'm not yet sure who deserves to prevail here. But the plaintiffs may have a much better case than I previously thought.
The reason for my initial skepticism is that the Takings Clause and similar provisions in state constitutions generally only require compensation for the seizure of property rights by the government. If, for example, the government takes your land to build a road or a military base on it, the state must pay "just compensation" (usually the fair market value of the property taken).
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If the owners voted for the mayor then the lawsuit should be dismissed.
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There should be consequences for the media continuing to lie every day.
George Floyd died from a drug overdose.
Yes. There should be.
SHOWTIME...Class action BABY!!!!
The bad news: any damages assessed will be turned over to the city taxpayers. The good news: they voted for the clowns who did it. I’d make that a tossup.
In the 19th century and well into the 20th century, back when politicians respected private property - many states had laws allowing cities to be sued for damages caused by riots and looting.
the logic was simple - cities controlled public order and police. By government choices and inaction, they permitted private property to be taken by looters without any legal justification or compensation.
Democrats in large cities managed to get rid of most of those laws by the mid 20th century
Absolutely!
George Floyd wasn't brutally killed the the police. George Floyd died hours later, not from asphyxiation following a knee to his neck, but from heart failure due to a massive drug overdose.
What is really brutal to our nation is the mass malpractice from the Media Industrial Complex.
“There should be consequences for politicians that turn over parts of a city to a criminal gang.”
Define criminal gang. That could include many government buildings and employees. lol
I'm not yet sure who deserves to prevail here. But the plaintiffs may have a much better case than I previously thought.
How about Antifa goes burns down the house of the jackoff who wrote this crap?
If the residents were Americans, they would forget the lawsuits and focus on explicit uses of both tar and feathers...
Problem is only the taxpayers get hit. It should come from the politicians pocket that allowed it to happen.
Brilliant...and when property owners in Seattle win - this should spread to other democrat hellholes looted and burned by Biden voting thugs.
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If the owners voted for the mayor then the lawsuit should be dismissed.
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Absolutely nailed it.
any damages assessed will be turned over to the city taxpayers
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Correct. Anarchy, looting, burning, destruction, etc. The taxpayers always get the bill for political cowardice and ineptitude. Suckers.
That's not what the autopsy said. He had some drugs in his system, but not enough to kill him.
He had enough fentanyl to kill him twice.
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