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You both seriously lack perspective of someone that lives in a $5000 home.

$200 is the equivalent to $10,000 for someone else living in a $250,000 home.

These people are barely surviving they are certainly not going to have the where with all to follow or have the luxury of doing things in both of your black & white world view.

If you call a tow truck company and the truck shows up to tow your car are you going to ask them for their insurance papers, a couple of references...

You should really try to put yourself in this lady’s shoes and think about the daily challenges she faces. Unfortunately it is unreasonable to expect that with their extremely limited resources they are able to do things that others would find easier.

The Sheriff really blew this one. He treated them like trash and tossed their entire existence into a heap on the side of the road. It is a disgrace and disgusting.

Regardless of a person’s financial position in life they should be treated with respect. It isn’t always the person’s fault for their predicament.

You might both do well to spend some time with some really really poor folk and see what is thrown against them just to make simple daily choices.

If you call a tow truck company and the truck shows up to tow your car are you going to ask them for their insurance papers, a couple of references...

No, but there is a difference between hiring someone to tow your car and hiring someone to move your house and all of your worldy possessions. It would seem that if you want to have someone do the latter, you'll engage in a little more due diligence.

The Sheriff really blew this one. He treated them like trash and tossed their entire existence into a heap on the side of the road. It is a disgrace and disgusting.

What more could the Sheriff have done? The wheels popped off the trailer carrying the house. The home was already damaged. A professional towing company could not move it. After 9 hours of dealing with a house blocking a major thoroughfare, it seems like he was out of options here.

You both seriously lack perspective of someone that lives in a $5000 home. $200 is the equivalent to $10,000 for someone else living in a $250,000 home.

Only if the dollar is backed by real estate.

However, it isn't.

I have no idea what her income is - but if you are going to pick one thing not to cut corners on despite a limited budget, it would be moving your home.

These people are barely surviving

You don't know that. It is a rare able-bodied 35 year old in America indeed who is "barely surviving."

If you call a tow truck company and the truck shows up to tow your car are you going to ask them for their insurance papers, a couple of references...

I am going to call an AAA-approved operator, who is guaranteed by my AAA membership to be insured and licensed.

If I have a contractor install a boiler - let alone move my home down a highway - I check his papers and insurance.

Unfortunately it is unreasonable to expect that with their extremely limited resources they are able to do things that others would find easier.

I don't care how poor you are, you can still check to see if someone is insured.

Asking doesn't cost a dime.

The Sheriff really blew this one. He treated them like trash and tossed their entire existence into a heap on the side of the road. It is a disgrace and disgusting.

What's a disgrace and disgusting is the sense of entitlement possessed by someone who believes the public road should be blocked indefinitely for her personal convenience.

The sheriff stood in the pouring rain directing traffic and trying to help her out for almost ten hours before he did the only thing he reasonably could do: get the home she ruined off the road so everyone else in the community could go about their business.

Regardless of a person’s financial position in life they should be treated with respect.

I agree. An example of disrespectful behavior: blocking the road and expecting everyone in the world to drop whatever they're doing so a mistake you made can be fixed at taxpayer expense. That's the height of disrespect.

You might both do well to spend some time with some really really poor folk and see what is thrown against them just to make simple daily choices.

You have no idea where I grew up, how much money I grew up with and what folk I grew up around.

Do you have any idea what Lenox Ave (now Malcolm X Blvd) and 143rd Street in Manhattan was like in 1977?

Find out and get back to me.

We all have to live in the same world. The fact is, poor or not, she made a poor decision. It is not the sheriff's fault that the trailer broke, apparently, the wheels came off. At that point, the damage to the home was done, and further attempts to resolve the situation, with proper folks, caused further damage. The house was lost. It was a losing situation for all involved.

Yes the sheriff was a jerk. But I don't see where he was at fault for destroying the trailer.