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City's Attempt To Cut Texas Man's Grass Leads To A Standoff, A Fire And His Death
NBC News ^ | 10/28/21 | Elisha Fieldstadt

Posted on 10/28/2021 11:53:24 AM PDT by Enlightened1

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We’re code enforcement, do you want to die?

This is typical. Drug addicts robbing someplace in a stolen car are protected, but a resident with unruly grass is marked for death.


61 posted on 10/28/2021 12:33:04 PM PDT by AnthonySoprano (‘’)
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To: Enlightened1

PING HOA


62 posted on 10/28/2021 12:34:44 PM PDT by ptsal (Vote R.E.D. >>>Remove Every Democrat ***)
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To: flamberge

Sooner or later it is coming down to taking the “vaccine”. One either takes the “vaccine” or is shot in the back of the head to the cheering of the crowd by a Government Official by a 9mm. Kinda like this man. At least the profit from the sale of his house won’t line the pockets of the vultures that were cheering his death. Such as it is he died a Free Man. He did not comply. How many here will be able to say that?


63 posted on 10/28/2021 12:34:44 PM PDT by sport
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To: TribalPrincess2U
So now residents are killed because of a ‘city code’ ???

Did you miss the part where he was shooting at the landscaping crew? Did you miss the part where he was shooting at the cops? Or that he set his own house on fire and came out armed? This was a "suicide by cop" by a mentally ill man.

64 posted on 10/28/2021 12:36:25 PM PDT by ETCM
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To: Enlightened1
This story reads like this guys neighbor(s) was a little rat connected with the local authorities and they were abusing their power. It probably was stewing for awhile. So they murdered this dude because they didn't like the length of his grass.
65 posted on 10/28/2021 12:36:26 PM PDT by 4yearlurker (Freedom is just an injection away Comrades.)
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To: Enlightened1

Not Florida?


66 posted on 10/28/2021 12:37:05 PM PDT by central_va (I won't be reconstructed and I do not give a damn...)
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To: Enlightened1

They’ll kill an American to mow a lawn, but hundreds of thousands of illegal migrants, drug smugglers, pimps and their victims cross every month and they won’t do squat. In fact they help them move in.


67 posted on 10/28/2021 12:37:27 PM PDT by pierrem15 ("Massacrez-les, car le seigneur connait les siens" )
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To: Mariner
Sombitch should have mowed his lawn. Of note: He was shot dead because he was shooting at the cops. Almost everyone knows that’s suicide.

That's it, he committed suicide! That'll teach the sombitch to mow his lawn!

68 posted on 10/28/2021 12:37:41 PM PDT by dragnet2 (Diversion and evasion are tools of deceit)
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To: deport

They didn’t say but it probably made it.


69 posted on 10/28/2021 12:37:46 PM PDT by fruser1
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To: dragnet2

People that don’t take care of their property should be shot. /sarc


70 posted on 10/28/2021 12:40:13 PM PDT by central_va (I won't be reconstructed and I do not give a damn...)
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To: seowulf

Don’t think for a minute, that the real estate developers with connections aren’t waiting in the wing to scoop that property up.

Forcing some old grump out of his home via constant complaints over minor code violations is a common tactic for these asshats. Waiting for the geezer to die of old age takes to long.


71 posted on 10/28/2021 12:40:26 PM PDT by Valpal1
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To: IllumiNaughtyByNature

Just the local PD helping to put the real ‘Nazi’ into ‘HA Nazis’


72 posted on 10/28/2021 12:41:11 PM PDT by pierrem15 ("Massacrez-les, car le seigneur connait les siens" )
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To: Mariner

Btw, that’s a great way to get rid of people who might have mental issues and or heavy stress. Just keep poking them until they react, then kill them!


73 posted on 10/28/2021 12:42:20 PM PDT by dragnet2 (Diversion and evasion are tools of deceit)
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To: Enlightened1

The headline seems like an attempt to put blame on the City. Wow.


74 posted on 10/28/2021 12:43:52 PM PDT by al_c (Democrats: Party over Common Sense)
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To: Valpal1
Don’t think for a minute, that the real estate developers with connections aren’t waiting in the wing to scoop that property up.

I wonder if one of his neighbors happens to be a purchaser of "distressed properties."

75 posted on 10/28/2021 12:45:17 PM PDT by seowulf (Civilization begins with order, grows with liberty, and dies with chaos...Will Durant)
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To: 4yearlurker

I’d like to know how many offers to buy he had received in the last 12 months and if any of those offers are connected to any of the complaints.


76 posted on 10/28/2021 12:45:21 PM PDT by Valpal1
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To: Sacajaweau
Seems like this could have been handled better. A life over a lawn??

It was handled the same way most other cities handle public nuisance orders ... they go mow the overgrown lawn. I've seen in it happen in my community many times. The problem is that this guy shot at them.

Man, if the city wants to come and mow my lawn they're welcome to do it.

77 posted on 10/28/2021 12:45:44 PM PDT by al_c (Democrats: Party over Common Sense)
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To: Sacajaweau

A life over a lawn??

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They tried and he didn’t respond to the mowing request. They
had a mowing company that was working on the lawn.

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Police officers and code enforcement officers arrived at a home at 9:16 a.m. to serve a nuisance search warrant, but could not make contact with the resident, Austin Police Chief Joseph Chacon said at an evening news conference.

The warrant was left at the door and contractors for the city’s code enforcement began working on the lawn. About an hour later, the resident started shooting from inside the house, Chacon said.


78 posted on 10/28/2021 12:47:07 PM PDT by deport
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To: JennysCool
The mayor's wife, or some other relative, is head of the homeowner's association and is triggered by unmowed grass.

It doesn't take a mayor's wife to do that. One single Karen on an HOA board can get that ball rolling.

79 posted on 10/28/2021 12:48:05 PM PDT by al_c (Democrats: Party over Common Sense)
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To: deport

They’re leaving something out...like this guy has a history of mental illness?? Cops called before?


80 posted on 10/28/2021 12:50:21 PM PDT by Sacajaweau
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