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93 Year Old Woman Arrested for Resisting Eviction (lemmy.world)

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[+] runswithjedi 81 points 7 months ago (4 children)

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[–] [email protected] 72 points 7 months ago

The cruelty is the point.

[–] [email protected] 24 points 7 months ago

Yeah but if they just go and pay her rent, how will the private prison companies earn their occupancy quota bonuses from the taxpayers?! They’re supposed to keep them 90% full or more, you know.

[–] [email protected] 20 points 7 months ago (1 children)

Ok that would be good for the budget, but what would that say about us as human beings? That we have the right not to get kicked off our home by some asshole landlord? What a disturbing idea, the system would collapse.

[–] [email protected] 8 points 7 months ago

For profit prisons. They essentially launder tax payer money to these places that give kickbacks in the form of campaign donations.

[–] DillyDaily 6 points 7 months ago

Yeah, but they don't have to do it well, because now she's not a disabled old lady, she's a degenerative criminal who barely deserves a concrete bed and gruel.

At least, that's my understanding of how the prison system works. No such thing as rehabilitation and building people up in the US penitentiary, just breaking people down until they're nothing.

[–] HappycamperNZ 47 points 7 months ago

But that would be socialism

[–] ThePantser 38 points 7 months ago (1 children)

At least they didn't shoot her for resisting arrest.

[–] [email protected] 10 points 7 months ago

Probably rough road her to an early grave.

[–] jpreston2005 32 points 7 months ago (2 children)

This is from 2017, charges were dropped, and she was able to stay in a hotel.

Quick search found an obituary saying she passed in 2022, but it's from Texas so 🤷‍♂️

[–] alphanerd4 4 points 7 months ago

I’d seen the 2017 date, but it’s been making the rounds again recently so I figured either it’s been long enough so most people haven’t ever heard of it, or it might’ve happened again. Thanks for finding the obituary. I was looking for it, but I had limited my searched to Florida and that that would be what tripped me up.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 7 months ago (2 children)

I'm not sure why the obituary coming from Texas is questionable, it's not like they'd have any reason to lie about her being dead... unless you're saying the cause of death is questionable?

[–] [email protected] 14 points 7 months ago

I'm not sure why the obituary coming from Texas is questionable

It being from a different state makes it less likely to be the same person.

[–] alphanerd4 2 points 7 months ago

no it’s just gonna be that the dates don’t exactly line up and it’s not a common name, but like for example when I went looking in Florida, I did find two other women of vaguely similar age who looked vaguely similar with the exact same first and last name

[–] ChocoboRocket 27 points 7 months ago

Very Christian of them to keep Jesus's favorite hobby alive and well all these years later.

Jesus must have been so mad to die young when there were so many poor and handicapped people left to punish!

[–] johannesvanderwhales 25 points 7 months ago

FWIW, there actually are safety nets set up around evictions with assisted living and nursing homes. It's actually one of the reasons those places are so expensive (mainly they want to bleed people dry before they go broke). "Independent living" places are for people who don't require medical assistance or constant nursing care. I don't think they're any more regulated than any other apartment.

[–] Etterra 24 points 7 months ago (2 children)

Welcome to America, here's your bill.

[–] Dasus 8 points 7 months ago

[–] EdibleFriend 8 points 7 months ago

If you line up over there you ca...oh nm lol someone shot him.

[–] Ginger666 14 points 7 months ago

Thank Satan they get scum like this off the street

YOU SHOULDNT HAVE SPENT ALL THAT MONEY ON PAINKILLERS BINGO AND HUMMELS YOU OLD BITCH

[–] [email protected] 11 points 7 months ago

I'm sure the cops arresting her had a slight amount of pause, and then proceeded to arrest her anyway.

[–] Buddahriffic 7 points 7 months ago

Landlords are leaches.

[+] [email protected] -44 points 7 months ago (2 children)

I understand the sentiment, but why should a private facility take care of someone for free?

[–] [email protected] 34 points 7 months ago (1 children)

I understand THAT sentiment, and agree. But why isn't there a social safety net?

[+] [email protected] -49 points 7 months ago (3 children)

There is one and its the largest one in the history of the world.

[–] MotoAsh 27 points 7 months ago (2 children)

No, no there's not and you are simply fucking retarded for thinking so.

[–] AA5B 4 points 7 months ago

They must be talking about the one in $other_country

[–] [email protected] -2 points 7 months ago (1 children)

Imo the ablist language was really unnecessary.

[–] MotoAsh -5 points 7 months ago (1 children)

It's not ablist to call someone what they are. I use 'retarded' to mean someone who is supposed to know better, not as a blanket term for legit disabilities.

The explanation is simple: Virtually no babies/children are as quick as adults for the simple fact that their brains are smaller and less developed, and they have far less real world experience. Therefore everyone starts life tarded. If someone is choosing to be tarded as an adult, they are quite literally re-tarded, by choice. The derrogatory nature of the term is fully intended towards obstensively "normal" people.

Retards NEED to do better. People with disabilities are probably already doing better applying themselves than any retard, unless their disability involves cripling self-loathing.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 7 months ago (1 children)

You know fully well what that term implies and that it's offensive and you choose entirely not to care. I honestly thought Lemmy was better than this but I guess that's truly on me. My bad.

[–] MotoAsh -3 points 7 months ago (1 children)

Oh no, I meant to offend a terrible person!! The world has become so bad that bad people are told bad things! Oh the humanity!

[–] [email protected] 3 points 7 months ago

It's not about offending them, it's about other people taking offense at the general use of that type of language. It's unnecessary language, it has the potential to hurt random people that you aren't even talking to and therefore I just think you're lacking basic compassion to some extent.

Sorry I'm being direct, you probably disagree but on the off chance you're open to consider changing for the better I feel it's worth the effort :) Enjoy your day

[–] Fyurion 12 points 7 months ago (1 children)

What, the prison system?

[–] JJROKCZ 2 points 7 months ago (1 children)

Where is this safety net? Is it in the room with us?

[–] then_three_more 29 points 7 months ago (1 children)

You're right, it shouldn't be a private facility. It should be public owned. She's paid over 90 years of taxes, I'm sure she's paid enough to cover rent etc.

[+] [email protected] -17 points 7 months ago (1 children)

Thats not how taxes work... and since she cant afford her current place odds are she was given more in benefits than she paid in taxes already.

[–] then_three_more 10 points 7 months ago (1 children)

odds are she was given more in benefits than she paid in taxes already.

Then all the more reason it should be state funded now.

[+] [email protected] -14 points 7 months ago (2 children)

And then you just swapped to a different argument. The problem is that the state cant just fund everyone on everything, but I dont think you are going to understand anything I would say.

[–] then_three_more 3 points 7 months ago* (last edited 7 months ago)

I did indeed.

Yes, I understand that the state can't fund everyone on everything. However it should fund everyone (or if you want to be tight some people) on somethings. I'm not really sure why you jumped to the conclusion that I think the state should fund everyone on everything.

Even if we just go with means testing for state funding (rather than fully state run facilities) someone who can't afford private care should receive state assistance.

This is especially true if they've been on benefits all their lives. Care homes cost in excess of £1500 a week, how can you expect someone who's been on benefits most of their life to have saved enough to cover even a few months of that kind of expense?

[–] Omodi 2 points 7 months ago (1 children)

And then you just swapped to a different argument. The problem is that the state cant just fund everyone on everything, but I dont think you are going to understand anything I would say.

The state is paying to house her. I would not insult other peoples intelligence if I were you.