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Outrage as homeowner is jailed after calling cops on squatter... and is told to 'think about it from their point of view'
UK Daily Mail ^ | 12/21/2024 | ALEXA CIMINO

Posted on 12/21/2024 12:00:57 PM PST by DFG

A Georgia homeowner was arrested and charged with criminal trespass after attempting to move back into her home, which was being occupied by an alleged squatter.

'I spent the night on a mat on a concrete floor in deplorable conditions. While this woman, this squatter slept in my home,' Loletha Hale told WSB-TV Atlanta.

On December 9, Clayton County police and Sheriff's deputies were called to the home on Livingston Drive after Hale tried to regain access.

A deputy, captured on body camera footage, advised Hale to consider the alleged squatter's perspective.

'Just think of it from this perspective, though. Everybody isn't as fortunate as you to have a bed. All the little things, a bed in their house, food in the kitchen,' the deputy said.

The dispute began in August when Hale discovered the alleged squatter, Sakemeyia Johnson, in the home and contacted police.

Authorities cited Johnson under Georgia's new Squatter Reform Act.

However, Clayton County Magistrate Court Judge Latrevia Lates-Johnson ruled that Johnson wasn't a squatter, as she was related to a previously evicted tenant's partner.

'How can she not be squatting when I've never had any type of contract relationship with this person?' Hale said.

In bodycam footage from the December 9 incident, Johnson explained to officers, 'I was written a citation saying I was a squatter. But a judge signed an order saying that I wasn't a squatter.'

This led to a prolonged legal battle, with multiple filings, hearings and even Johnson filing for bankruptcy, naming Hale as her sole creditor.

On November 18, a magistrate judge ruled in Hale's favor. Hale believed Johnson had vacated the property and returned to begin cleaning up.

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TOPICS: Crime/Corruption; Front Page News; Government; Politics/Elections; US: Georgia
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1 posted on 12/21/2024 12:00:57 PM PST by DFG
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To: DFG

‘think about it from their point of view’

Understand them the way a gardener understands gophers.


2 posted on 12/21/2024 12:02:30 PM PST by BenLurkin (The above is not a statement of fact. It is either opinion, or satire, or both.)
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To: DFG

Dress in black, wear a mask, bring a baseball bat, kick in your own door and just randomly attack the squatter. Plenty of unsolved crimes in the world. The legal system is not there to help the Good Guys. The legal system is there to help the Bad Guys. So become a Bad Guy.


3 posted on 12/21/2024 12:03:59 PM PST by ClearCase_guy
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To: DFG

“their point of view”

Way down there?


4 posted on 12/21/2024 12:05:56 PM PST by frank ballenger (There's a battle outside and it's raging. It'll soon shake your windows and rattle your walls. )
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To: DFG

Who’d she vote for?

I need to know before I know if I have any sympathy.


5 posted on 12/21/2024 12:06:41 PM PST by Fai Mao (The US government is run by pedophiles and Perverts for pedophiles and perverts)
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To: DFG
"Just think of it from this perspective, though. Everybody isn't as fortunate as you to have a bed. All the little things, a bed in their house, food in the kitchen." the deputy said.

The deputy continued: "Check your privilege, Loletha Hale!"

6 posted on 12/21/2024 12:07:17 PM PST by ProtectOurFreedom (There are two ways to live your life: nothing is a miracle or everything is a miracle - A. Einstein)
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To: DFG
My God...
Clayton County Magistrate Court Judge Latrevia Lates-Johnson ruled that Johnson wasn't a squatter, as she was related to a previously evicted tenant's partner.
Was she also related to her ex-husband's, barber's insurance agent's grocery store clerk's mother in law?
7 posted on 12/21/2024 12:09:23 PM PST by ProtectOurFreedom (There are two ways to live your life: nothing is a miracle or everything is a miracle - A. Einstein)
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To: DFG

Judge Latrevia


8 posted on 12/21/2024 12:11:00 PM PST by Jeff Chandler (THE ISSUE IS NEVER THE ISSUE. THE REVOLUTION IS THE ISSUE.)
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To: ProtectOurFreedom

“Uh officer, not everyone is fortunate enough to have a nice job like you...consider your position carefully.”


9 posted on 12/21/2024 12:11:06 PM PST by Az Joe (We can't spare President Trump; He fights!)
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To: DFG

Citizenship in the UK no longer has meaning. Citizens have been reduced to serfs that have no rights, privileges or protections


10 posted on 12/21/2024 12:12:48 PM PST by wildcard_redneck
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To: DFG

As I’ve pointed out on other threads, until we start demanding the courts actually enforce the laws, people will seek justice over “legal rulings”. I am not supporting vigilantism, but that is the result when INjustice flourishes.


11 posted on 12/21/2024 12:15:29 PM PST by Whatever Works (The real power lies in who counts the votes and controls the teleprompter.)
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To: DFG

When, exactly, did America die?


12 posted on 12/21/2024 12:15:44 PM PST by gitmo (If your theology doesn’t become your biography, what good is it?)
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To: DFG

Police see us as the enemy, maybe we should adopt the same mindset towards them.


13 posted on 12/21/2024 12:16:31 PM PST by wastedyears (The left would kill every single one of us and our families if they knew they could get away with it)
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To: DFG

A squatter needs to squat in the sheriff’s house.


14 posted on 12/21/2024 12:17:37 PM PST by roving (Deplorable MAGA Garbage )
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To: Jeff Chandler

One would think Judge Latrevia would be sympathetic to Loletha.


15 posted on 12/21/2024 12:19:12 PM PST by ProtectOurFreedom (There are two ways to live your life: nothing is a miracle or everything is a miracle - A. Einstein)
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To: DFG

Let’s all feel outraged :)

We certainly dont step up to change things except to vote.

Everyone outraged enough AGAIN about something they won’t do anythign about themselves AGAIN?

I am :)

And I am sick of all of us reading and talking tough and taking no action.

Hopefully Trump will fix EVERYTHING.

Because that’s what we are asking, right?

“dont make us do anything Trump, please. We’re older and frail now...so we’ll depend on your to change the country from head to toe entirely”

ciao


16 posted on 12/21/2024 12:19:53 PM PST by dp0622 (Tried a coup, a fake tax story, tramp slander, Russia nonsense, impeachment and a virus. They lost.)
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To: DFG

It’s Clayton County. It is also them Yogi.


17 posted on 12/21/2024 12:21:21 PM PST by Dacula
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To: DFG
Imagine what would happen if you took Democrats to heart and invited illegal aliens to stay in your house.

They would own it and evicted you before all is said and done.

18 posted on 12/21/2024 12:22:27 PM PST by rdcbn1 (TV )
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To: wildcard_redneck

Those silly Brits just roll over as their rights are destroyed and they....oh wait. Georgia, USA.

The same thing goes on here in the Seattle area. Some Indian guy rented out his multi-million dollar home to a Chinese guy. The Chinese guy hasn’t paid in a year and refuses to leave.

The owner of the home was recently charged with stalking, and has a restraining order. He can’t get within 1,000 feet of his own home!

The Chinese guy was provided a bunch of money for “rent assistance” from the government (state? county??). I can’t imagine a company would keep him after all the bad news, so maybe he is self-employed - IIRC his annual income is above $250k.

He has pulled this same scam on previous homeowners over the years.


19 posted on 12/21/2024 12:23:18 PM PST by 21twelve (Ever Vigilant - Never Fearful)
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To: wastedyears

Certainly towards the Clayton County Sheriff Department and Magistrate Court !


20 posted on 12/21/2024 12:23:35 PM PST by A strike (death to taggers)
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