Austin, Texas: Man Killed by Police, His Home Burned After SWAT Team Shows Up Over Tall Grass

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Man Killed by Police, His Home Burned After SWAT Team Shows Up Over Tall Grass

29 October 2021

Because the state claims the ability to tell you what you can and cannot do with your own property, often times, we see utterly ridiculous government overreach for simple issues like tall grass. In the land of the free, people have faced insane fines, been arrested, and have even had the state attempt to steal their entire home — over the length of their grass. Never, however, have we seen someone die because of it — until now. This week, Austin police attempted to serve a warrant to man whose grass was too long. It resulted in a standoff, shots ...

Man Killed by Police, His Home Burned After SWAT Team Shows Up Over Tall Grass

A Texas man's grass was too tall so code enforcers showed up and an hours-long standoff ensued before he was shot by a SWAT team.

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City officials in Texas went to cut a man’s overgrown lawn. He was later killed in a standoff with police.

29 October 2021

The contractors working for the Austin Code Department had been mowing the lawn of a home in an upscale neighborhood for an hour on Wednesday when bullets suddenly began flying from inside the house. What had begun as a routine enforcement of a local ordinance quickly devolved into a five-hour standoff, police said. By the end of the day, the resident was dead and his house engulfed in flames. This wasn’t the first trip city officials had made to deal with the unkempt yard on Pinkney Lane. It was an “ongoing issue” and officials had tried to fix it several ...

City officials in Texas went to cut a man’s overgrown lawn. He was later killed in a standoff with police.

 

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Austin Homeowners Association Pitches In To Help Cops Kill A Guy Over Uncut Grass

5 November 2021

This is one of the most horrendous -- and one of the most American stories -- I have ever read. It encompasses a lot of distinctly American issues, ranging from law enforcement violence to the disturbing ability of private individuals and entities to reliably summon law enforcement and bring about the destruction of others. It starts, as so many stories about police violence do, with some needlessly exonerative reporting by journalists -- in this case by Elisha Fieldstadt of NBC News. An attempt by Austin, Texas, officials to serve a search warrant and provide lawn care resulted in shots fired, ...

Austin Homeowners Association Pitches In To Help Cops Kill A Guy Over Uncut Grass

This is one of the most horrendous — and one of the most American stories — I have ever read. It encompasses a lot of distinctly American issues, ranging from law enforcement violence t…

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