Sad. The guy was trying to support his kids, had a job, etc. Too often in those communities, there is no father. This guy was trying.
But even hardworking people can lack commonsense.
I suspect that there will be criticism of the power utility for shutting off the power to the house, and will be leveraged as another example of racism, when in fact, it doesn’t make any difference what color you are.
You don’t pay, eventually it gets shut off.
The moron can sire 7 kids, but cannot afford utilities. Yet, blame the utility company for doing its job — trying to look out for its shareholders.