Rethinking the Seattle "CHOP" Takings Case. Property owners are suing the city for helping far-left activists seize control of their property

Reason ^ | October 21, 2020 | Ilya Somin

[karpov]

There should be consequences for politicians that turn over parts of a city to a criminal gang.

[dfwgator]

If the owners voted for the mayor then the lawsuit should be dismissed.

[1Old Pro]

There should be consequences for politicians that turn over parts of a city to a criminal gang.

Severe

[Lurkinanloomin]

There should be consequences for the media continuing to lie every day.

George Floyd died from a drug overdose.

[Seruzawa]

There should be consequences for politicians that turn over parts of a city to a criminal gang.

Yes. There should be.

[SMARTY]

SHOWTIME...Class action BABY!!!!

[Billthedrill]

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.

[PGR88]

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

[libertylover]

There should be consequences for politicians that turn over parts of a city to a criminal gang.

Absolutely!

[libertylover]

... protests triggered by the brutal killing of George Floyd by police officers in Minnesota

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.

[LeoTDB69]

“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

[SunkenCiv]

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?

[SuperLuminal]

If the residents were Americans, they would forget the lawsuits and focus on explicit uses of both tar and feathers...

[Keyhopper]

Problem is only the taxpayers get hit. It should come from the politicians pocket that allowed it to happen.

[GOPJ]

... a demand for compensation under the Takings Clause of the Fifth Amendment

Brilliant...and when property owners in Seattle win - this should spread to other democrat hellholes looted and burned by Biden voting thugs.

[GOP Poet]

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[Starboard]

If the owners voted for the mayor then the lawsuit should be dismissed.

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+1

Absolutely nailed it.

[Starboard]

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.

[mlo]

"George Floyd died from a drug overdose."

That's not what the autopsy said. He had some drugs in his system, but not enough to kill him.

[Lurkinanloomin]

He had enough fentanyl to kill him twice.