The city mistakenly tore down this man’s home Now, they are suing him for the demolition costs
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 5 ส.ค. 2023
- First, the city demolished his home. Now, they are trying to foreclose on the property to pay for the $68,000 in demolition costs. The whole time, an Atlanta man said the paperwork had the wrong address on it.
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This is why we need to be able to directly sue government officials for damages.
File bankrupt on the deno and keep the lot
@@lawrencebraun7616still don’t get his house back
You can, based on Constitutional violations.
Yes, absolutely, we should all s[hoot]ue worthless government officials.
@@3182john It would, money can build you a new house.
I hate when people in power make mistakes try to cover their mistakes by making others suffer.
Well Said Demons they are
These govt. psychopaths should be lined up against a wall and lectured severely.
💯💯💯💯
@@thomasholt63 In the old days we called the devils, today we call them white
Most governments see civilians as disposable money makers
Mayor's office says "We are researching the situation" which really means "We f'ed up and are figuring out how to cover our a$$es"
Once you notice doublespeak like that, you can't stop. "The plane didn't crash. It experienced an unrequested altitude deficiency."
And I am sure they will finally gather all the information and make a decision.........
The day after the property is sold at auction.
Facts
Wow. Absolutely insane story. The city needs to rebuild his home AND pay damages. Yet they double down instead, it's disgraceful. I hope he got justice.
It wasn't his home, it was a dangerous abandoned building he owned. The paperwork never reached him because he was purposely trying to hide. Even now that the house is gone, the lot is overgrown and uncared for, he's still breaking the law.
@@rustyshackleford5509 I take it you have a copy of the paperwork that said to demolish the property on the street, versus the avenue with the same name? I'd love to see a copy.
@@mystica-subs oh yeah I forgot, anyone can get the paperwork by doing an open records request with the city of Atlanta code enforcement department.
@@rustyshackleford5509 You must work for the city to be that big of a prick
DOUBLE DOWN?... That's Joe Biden's plan too.
Legally they need to put his property back as it was. They must put his house back up fully .! .. and they have to eat the cost of their own mistake. End of story.
Agreed but Liberal reps don't think that way. He's fubar.
Law means nothing. You get the justice you are willing and able to pay for. Unless you have deep pockets the law won't help you.
The issue is the people who made the mistaken aren't eating the cost. It's the citizens of the area that eat that cost.
Like Iondonrd is saying the taxpayers will be the ones punished and be the ones paying for this guys new home. Not the morons in charge. Of course he deserves to get a new home, arguably a better one with no worries about anyone seizing his property ever again, because he was clearly robbed of his home and land for no reason other than somebody was too stupid to double check the address. The best thing Atlanta can do is kick these people out of office and make sure the next morons doesn't destroy someone else's home. Back in the day this would be called tyranny or thuggish. But it's ok for the government to be things now since they need the money.
@@krazykozey2259Being liberal has nothing to do with it.
The city bureaucrats are being spiteful. They are upset that the story was aired, so now they are trying to “teach the guy a lesson “. What a bunch of jerks. I hope he sues them!
I wouldn't say jerks. These people are either TYRANTS or CHILDISH.
From my family issues with our own country, I think it's the former because the people in charge of our countries are just money hungry tyrants
Collects that check and leaves that city.
I'll bet you're right. That sounds like what government people would do.
It's nearly impossible and INCREDIBLY expensive to sue the government. Judges block nearly all lawsuits. Think. The city hires the judge, then you take the city to court. lol plus they made laws called Qualified immunity that pretty much means they are untouchable.
And even if you win .. it can take YEARS to collect
They are Democrats. That's how compassionate and caring they are.
This is how innocent civilians turn into villians. They took everything from him, and a man with nothing to lose is a scary thing
Mind blowing levels of incompetence, followed by malicious incompetence.
He clearly needs a better lawyer
Bingo
It’s not that simple and I personally know that he has a great lawyer.
@@gregorywillis8400 it’s always about having the right lawyer. It’s like having a good mom vs a bad mom.
@@dreamscomingtrue6424 Not necessarily. The best lawyer cannot save a murderer from a death sentence if the death sentence is carried out in his country. Of course, this man is not a murderer. I am just saying that even the best lawyer does not always succeed in winning your case for you.
He will win one way or the other
At this point, they’re probably just gonna try and bankrupt him with lawyer fees. This is just pure evil.
Get a good attorney and make them pay for it. But--WHY was the property not lived in, and declared UN-inhabitable? Or was that also an error? If he had been living in it, it wouldn't have happened.
@@Laser3303it wasn’t his property that was deemed uninhabitable. It was another property. They mixed up the addresses.
@@Laser3303 like the VIDEO TITLE and others have said, it's a mistake aka wrong address!
But, even if it's unhabitable, if the owner was NOT living in it and still owning it, the govt still did NOT have the right to demolish it without his permission, unless they had worked out a deal with him. This is right-out constitutional rights violation!
That’s what politicians do. They sue you or criminally charge you right into bankruptcy. They know that they’re wrong but they make it so expensive to defend yourself so they don’t have to pay the consequences.
Isn’t this near Foolton county???
Thank god for news stations like these who actually report on local news. This man needs his story known
Believing the media is no better than believing the government. What is the rest of the story? Clearly this man was not living here. Was the house abandoned? Is he a slum lord? Is a good man that didn't have tenants for the house? IDK because the story was spun for maximum emotion.
@@streetsbolt That’s why you discern the information you receive. I don’t blindingly trust media, which is why it’s relieving to see a news station report on news effecting locals in the community instead of the normal free mongering. No, we probably don’t have the whole story but I have enough to know the city operates under their own special interest and that can’t be denied.
Sue the person who made the mistake not the man you wrongfully made homeless.
He better file a lawsuit against the demolition company too
Bingo
@@thomasholt63 if the city wont take accountability they have to its the wrong home
Right. Put the pressure on all of them.
Everybody
If they were given the wrong address, that's not their fault.
I'm surprised that the person who signed the demolition and the individuals who did the demolition haven't been arrested for destruction of private property.
liberals never get arrested for any crime they commit.
The Fulton Court System is busy trying to prevent democratic elections.
The city pays the officers that would be doing the arresting. So that's not going to happen.
He should sue those demo workers as well.
@@gotohowie yes
So, they try to cover up their f’up by suing this person? Hope the homeowner counter-sues for millions
hope the city officials go to jail for sending a bill instead of a check. thats just theft of property at that point.
What a backwards system. They should be compensating him the cost of rebuilding his home, not charging him for their mistake.
The system is corrupt to begin with. The city gets months to prepare a law suit, and the defendant gets 21 days to find a lawyer, and file a response.
and I will bet if he gets it done on time they will drag it out as long as possible.
@@thomasgirty6397exactly! To try to bankrupt him! Because they have the city money to play with!
someone in office messed up...if they were on their toes he would have had only 3 days to find a lawyer....politicians are scum.
That's EVERYWHERE when you deal with the government. I had an argument with the USPS about my postal badge. They prepared the letter, gave me 30 days to respond, but their letter was already post mark 1 week early. So that means they only gave me 3 weeks to respond, instead of 4 weeks.
He needs to find the people responsible and have a more...direct...conversation with them. Deep in the woods at night. Really entreat them to do the right thing.
The city has some nerve.
The city of Atlanta should find the blueprints to that house and rebuild it for free and get the fixtures and four nice the house and eat that bill since they screwed up because they can’t read.
Start arresting those responsible for unjust deprivation of property
This is absolutely disgusting! And they are researching the problem? How much research you need when the address is clearly written? 🙄
They're wasting time waiting for the city attorneys to figure out the best way to address this major F-up...
RIGHT!!!!
@@jamie-to1pladdress it without giving him anything in return.
They're looking for a way to claim they were right. Some fine print, clause, or little known case law that lets them not be as wrong as everyone can see that they are.
@@anthonyegreene Yeah you’re right. Let anyone of us working with the people and tear down a house in a white neighborhood. We would have been in court probably that same day or the next day.
How can they sue him they made the mistake
it's not a mistake until he proves it. as far as the city is concerned they demo'd the house on the paper. he is arguing about some other address not in the system. as far as the city is concerned this man has a baseless accusation.
@@jimflask1164 It shouldn't be that hard to prove that this man, the owner of the house, is correct. The address itself, printed on the paperwork, shows which property was to be was demolished. The property intended to be demolished is located over a mile away from this man's home.
GPS anyone? 🙃
@@neoncat9573 still. it's just like if you buy an i-phone and get home to open the box and find a piece of wood. there is no fraud until you find it. even if you never open it, gift wrapped it and let it sit for a month. the limitation on time for youre remedy does not begin until you discover the fraud. this man is in a similar situation. the city, any government, will never admit fault. make your claims and prove it. it's very transactional. this guy is running off emotions. the system is not designed for communication or emotions. he needs an injunction before his fines get worse.
@@neoncat9573 don't try to explain nothing to dummies never!!!
@jimflask1164 I wish it were your house they demolish and I want to see how you act.
I hope he sues them! This is insane how can you charge some one for the cost of destroying a house he didn't want demolished!?!
This is the kind of garbage that leads to people armoring up an earth mover and running roughshod all over the city. The city should be embarrassed by the mistsake and ASHAMED at their response.
Somebody please help this man! This is criminal what the city is trying to do to this man.
Stop electing Republicans then
Good ol government. Rotten to the core from city to state to federal. Those who seek power should never be allowed to have it.
Where's God?
@@joevarga5982 Watching us post comments on TH-cam and TikTok where else? Oh and laughing at the faces we make when we poop.
He ought to look up Marvin Heemeyer and how he handled the city.
The city needs to stop harassing this nice man and build him a new house. It’s the right thing to do. Could you imagine work crews being that stupid that they wreck down the wrong house😢
Yes they are being stupid when the actual home to demolish is 1.4 miles away.
@@thaimassage23The city should admit that it made a mistake and leave the poor man alone.
Whoever is in charge of the work crew anyways.
Cops go to the wrong address all of the time. Cities don't hire the smartest folks!
He needs a lawyer to SUE those lying racist thieves!!! That was done on purpose to get rid of a Black home owner by greedy White's who plan to buy for cheap and then sell it for hundreds of thousands!!
What an absolute disgace this is. Once again a government entity breaking someone because they screwed up. He needs to sue them for the house, the inconvenience, and upset. They had the complete wrong address and now want him to pay for it. They should all be sent to jail for theft, because that is what they did, stole his house. And soon his yard.
Wait, wait, wait...they sent notices to the wrong address and subsequently demolished the wrong house? How is it even remotely this guy's fault that the city & demo company screwed up so badly???
He needs to get an emergency injunction to stop the auction on that property. Even after I had paid my obligation, they still put the sign in my yard to auction my house off. You cannot trust the city employees to do the right thing and to be totally accurate.
@@sid2112This comment will soon be evidence in your trial lol
@@TheJingles007 Like I'm going to survive to face trial, that's cute.
What I find really incredulous is how when they realize their mistake they make another massive bad move. Do they really think suing him for demolition isn't going to backfire on them? Whose brilliant idea was that?
Oh, so the courts are open and ready for the city to sue him, but he tries to sue them and it's "stuck" in courts. What is there even to review, drop the lawsuit, pay him for his house, and compensate him for the time he's spent fighting this. What the heck is the holdup?
It’s Fulton county. They are about as corrupt as you get
What Jury / Judge would ever side with the town, after the facts are presented?
They “accidentally” destroy his home, then expect him to pay the cost of doing that? What kind of bs is Atlanta dealing in right now?!
Well considering their state is trying to sue a former president and dozens over trying to expose their election fraud…well…its speaks for itself how corrupt they are…
The British were known to execute insurgents in the colonies and then invoice their families for the ammunition they used. This is even worse.
This sounds the same as:
Drunk driver crashes into your car and expects you to pay for the repairs to their car. Otherwise, you lose what's left of yours to pay for the drunk driver's damages
It wasn't his home, it was a dangerous abandoned building he owned, the property was riddled with code violations. The city tried to contact him for at least a year and he was hiding. You can see even now that the house is gone, the property is overgrown and uncared for, he's still breaking the law. Imagine if you had to live next door to that eye sore.
@@rustyshackleford5509It wasn't his home, they mixed up his house address with the address of the house that was intended on being demolished, similar to when police will sometimes raid the wrong home because they have an incorrect address
Let me translate the mayor, "We are researching this situation" Were doing nothing until this blows over.
I had to go through Atlanta on the Greyhound bus once, it's like a refugee camp. I will never goto Atlanta again and this just shows even more that Atlanta is a bad place.
It was their error & now the owner’s property is going to be seized & Auctioned. What kind of Justice is that?
They should be paying him for his house, belongings and damages
The guy is slum lord, the house was an abandoned dangerous building. The city tried for a year or more to contact him and he was hiding. Even now that the house is gone, the property is unkept and overgrown, this man is still breaking the law.
@@rustyshackleford5509 That would be my guess too. I would love to hear from the neighbors. News is spinning it like this man was living there which he clearly was not.
Call the Institute of Justice. The City is being outrageous.
Sue them for destroying your house etc etc.
I am really not surprised by the level of incompetency and hubris in all levels of government.
Note to self, dont ever buy property in Atlanta. Dude needs a better lawyer and countersue the city.
That man is very patient, I probably would've been facing a judge for a different and worse reason if I were him lol.
I hope that he gets justice for what they did to him.
So they didn't tear down the wrong house, they simply couldn't bother to get the address of the house they wanted to tear down correct? We are bounded by the letter of the law, but the bureaucracy is governed by the spirit of the law.
I just watched a video of a black guy living with his 9 year old daughter. His lanlord was evicting a neighbor but they got his apartment by mistake and get this...
No reimbursement
Let people take HIS things
What they "recovered" was what they threw in a dumpster.
Som homless guy peed on his matress which the lanlord had "professionally cleaned" before returning it...
Then they lie saying he was in possession of counterfeit money and that because the appartment was in his ex's name they aren't letting him stay... which is only one of the MANY violations that the manegers are guilty for...
All while the managers have no evidence what so ever to back their stories up...
The dude and his daughter moved out and are living with realatives but... that's a lifetime of work wasted...
All I'm saying is tgat if these managers and THOSE city officials were to... "dissapear" or take a vacation at the bottom of the Atlantic...
No one would care...
That's insane!
I feel his frustration.
No you don't.
This is the same county that let a man die in jail from bed bug bites.😢
SAD🙏
@@moebetta6194Way beyond sad and right up there with a city run by psychopaths who are for sure heading for hell.
@@rockthevote398Which is right up there with pricing people out of their residences and creating more homelessness then turning around and asking you to house immigrants because they have nowhere to live.
@@invadingmindsWell said!! Exactly!
Was the man allergic to bed bugs? That’s the only way anyone would likely die from bed bug bites.
The guy who made the mistake written wrongly the address on the papers is the one that should be being suited and paying for all the damages made to the homeowner and the city
He was an agent of the city government, so the city is also responsible for everything.
PUBLIC OUTCRY.!?! The outcry should be to reprimand/ replace the idiots who sent the notices to the wrong address. Then sue the city for major financial satisfaction
"After the slap comes the spit in my face." Well said, and so true. Look at how charming his beautiful little home was: 1:46 - Any demolition crew leader in his right mind would have realized that this house was fine and didn't need to be demolished. And now the city doubles-down instead of paying to rebuild his home. What a nightmare for this guy.
They get paid to knock down houses they don’t cares how nice it looks.
I wonder if employees went through and took stuff home rather than just bulldoze it.
@@shawnc1016 - Ha! Good point! Sadly, I wouldn't be surprised.
Any demolition crew leader in his right mind would look at the address and go "We're on the wrong street."
@@adamb89- Ha!! So true!! Which kinda shows too many of them are definitely not in their right minds!
Who in the city is making these calls? We need a name!
drunk code enforcer. that is bad with directions. tho this mans house was torn down. it was mistaken for a condemned house, abandoned, a fire hazard or worse if a gang squats in it.
DEMONS AND CRACK HEADS
@@jimflask1164what,?!...they didn't even bother to look inside..or-.wait---probably some illegal under the table handshaking right?!?!
That house was beautiful FFWD to 1:46 in the video…If I was the demolition crew I would have to double check it.
I'd love to hear an update on this.
I cant stand the demons who scam their way into power here.
I’m a builder in North Central Florida and I’ve never spent more than $15,000 on demolition and hauling to get rid of the house. The house they showed the pictures would probably cost me 10,000 or less, I have no idea where they come up with 68,000 that’s insane for demolition cost.
If I went and knocked a house down I'd be arrested
Absolute insanity! I hope this is resolved in the owner's favor immediately.
I am horrified and speechless that this has or could even ever happen to anyone.
The poor guy😭
City and country reps are ran by literal tyrants they'll fine you for having things in your yard that they don't like
Sadly with the government it will be years of court and red tape they want you to go away.
Look up civil asset forfeiture. You don't pay enough attention.
@@krotchlickmeugh627 what is his criminal activity?
There is zero indication that they suspect any wrongdoing on that man's part.
It has nothing to do with whether or not I pay attention, though apparently it let you feel superior for a minute to say so.
@@cbeautifulworld11 whose criminal activity? The home owner? Why tf would you think he had criminal activity? Because he's black?
Even of he did wtf is the relevance?
Wow this world is so evil how u demolished the wrong building and then sue them for demolition cost😑🤬
His insurance company should sue the city!
I cant believe this is real. How can they destroy his home and then charge him for the cost/ sue him!?!? Ridiculous
Never heard of imminent domain? What about civil asset forfeiture?
How about city forced foreclosures. Where you may owe $100 and if you never got the three letters they may or may not send to the right address. They take your house. Evict you and then sell your house in an auction and they keep the money.
Your first day?
@@krotchlickmeugh627”Eminent Domain”, not imminent (domain), does NOT apply in this case.
AND try to sieze his lot too!!!!
@@EngageYourFrontalLobeNor does anything else they mentioned...it's pretty obvious they have no idea what they're talking about, and couldn't even be bothered to check their own spelling.
@@adamb89They were just listing various ways the government has forcibly taken property… and who cares about spelling if you understood them? Are you just insecure and attacking people to feel better about yourself? Because that’s how you come across, just fyi. It’s kinda embarrassing.
Unfortunately this is how things work now the other party makes a mistake then sues the victim keeping them from being able to sue them by keeping them on the defensive
That was one of the ways Sodom was ran. It wasn’t just about sexual inclination. It was mostly based on injustice. Both in conjunction were key factors that precipitated it’s destruction.
@@user-rp5sr6os7u The devil knows his time is short he comes to lie cheat and destroy.The Holy Spirit will leave the earth and with it take gods people home they will say all kinds of stuff including it was aliens.Their will be time of peace then great suffering then god will destroy the one who has fallen and man.
@@user-rp5sr6os7umaybe
No no no the only way they the city will is if the home was abandoned but the owner should have reported them when the property was being demolished instead he let them finished demolishing his house so technically he made a mistake himself nevertheless, the address is the key in the document wrong place, wrong house, must be proven should actually make him win. Because the demolition was trespassing on a private property.
@@user-rp5sr6os7uno. That would mean a whole bunch of innocents were destroyed. You made that story up completely.
I cannot begin to imagine losing all of your belongings, much less your house. And then being billed for it! Absolutely devastating!
Wow , how ? Is this even possible. That’s scary
I swear Atlanta city officials are doing this on purpose.
And they sit there saying whos gonna stop us
@@seriousbroski The sooner we realizes it's us against them and band together we can stop this BS. That's why they want us fighting amongst ourselves. They have learned how to use divide and concur, then took it to a new level.
@@seriousbroski I swear they are one angry resident and one bad day away from finding out not all people Dial 911 and some like to dial 357. I swear politicians and other groups never learn from guys like Marvin Heemeyer. Dont push a person too far cause they might build a tank and bulldoze half your town.
The stupidity is deep in all of the city council members, and they should all be fired.
This man probably voted for them.
Can't fire them, they are elected. They would need to be voted out, but I get your point, and 100% agree.
@@No_Fuse8771 start the replacement protocols.
Gotta vote
The one thing the media is good for, these sorts of expose-s. Publicity shines lights on the hiding rats.
Wow! 😮 Any update on this? Hopefully the city fixed this situation.
Please do a story in the future to show the beautiful home the city had to purchase to replace the one they ignorantly trespassed on and destroyed.
They’d only have to replace what was damaged and it was a dump.
The news showed the paperwork was for an entirely different address and house. They tore down the wrong one.
@@Cerus98 Please know what you are talking about before tagging an ignorant comment to my post.
@@lastswordfighter - No they didn’t. Lawton St and Lawton Ave are the same street. The last block of said street changes to Ave. His address is 311 Lawton St and there is no 311 Lawton Ave. Its a paper work error.
The right house was torn down.
@@JamesWilliams-gp6ek - Perhaps YOU should do some research before making an ignorant comment? I know exactly what I’m talking about.
Go read the original article released in March by the same news station and watch his entire interview shown in said article. He and his mother purchased it as an “investment.” It was registered with the city as a vacant property and he claims they were going to remodel it. It wasn’t anything resembling a “beautiful home”.
The properties address is 311 Lawton St SW. Lawton St changes to Lawton Ave in the final block after the intersection with Peeples St SW. Lawton Ave addresses are in the 1,000s. There is no 311 and it is not an entirely different street.
A flesh and blood human being inspected the property and found it to be in a dilapidated condition with junk and debris everywhere and an unsecured entry. His only mistake was writing down Ave instead of St on a road with two names.
The owner is claiming he was never notified of the impending demolition because the certified letters were returned to sender. He only decided to sue after seeing the stations news report about “nightmare demolitions” and another man trying to sue leading him to contact the news station before filing his lawsuit.
Care to try again without making stuff up or do you wanna just delete your comments and avoid the embarrassment?
This is hard to believe 😳
This guy needs help and I pray someone who can help him steps up 🙏
It’s been 4 weeks.. Did your prayer work??
He needs to sue the city in the company that knocked it down for 68 million and then to the city that no you can drop your lawsuit but this one ain’t going away this one is here to stay and I’m taking every damn dime of it, Atlanta has a bad history of going in and knocking down residency residence that are not in bad shape. They just knocked the ladies house down because it was at the wrong address similar to this guy sending the address the paperwork to the wrong address. I believe their cops have the same problem. I’m trying to find the correct address in their city when they’re doing search warrants.
If local courts won't fix it higher courts should. I'm getting sick of finding people losing their homes, everything they own, and sometimes their lives because some idiots got the wrong address.
I hope the media keeps reporting on this story and the pressure stays on the city government until they actually right this wrong
They destroy his home then threaten his livelihood. May this man get the absolute justice that counteracts the absolute criminality of the City of Atlanta.
Take this to a higher court…. to a higher court…
Make these public servants PAY for their mistakes and malicious acts!
Unacceptable!
May 10 fold come unto those that had a hand in suing this man, individually.
He will get nothing.
Seems racist to me . Well-spoken, working, black property owner treated like that !!!!
First two rules of government:
#1 we never make mistakes
#2 If we make a mistake refer to rule 1
so sorry. hope something works out soon.
Thats like how they beat you up and then charge you with assault.😮😮😮
ANOTHER GOTHAM CITY AT ITS BEST
😂😂😂😂
I laugh at that one because I actually got charged with a.p.o(assault on a police officer) back in 2007 in d.c over some temp tags after getting thrown to the floor by two cops, handcuffed and taken to the station..
That's when I call Morgan and Morgan or a similar bulldog of a lawyer
@@pyrotech7210 Morgan & Morgan or a renown law firm will only work if the case of police brutality or misconduct is egregious or really blatantly obvious.
Even at that unless you suffer physical harm or have your civil rights unmistakably violated, you'll be going around in circles wasting money and time in a court of law...
Law enforcement have some many powers that they're essentially 'God', if you going to sue you have to make sure your case has at at least a 35% chance of victory...
The demolition company needs to be held accountable for their part in this. They clearly demolished the house when their own paperwork showed a different address.
I used to live in Atlanta - poorly run city and lots of angry people. I hated it.
This is literally CRIMINAL!!! Someone, please help this man! How disgusting of the city, to treat a resident this way! What is wrong with them?
This man has been battling these folks for a long time. I remember seeing this when it happened and look at the dirt is a mini jungle!😮 Shame on those city government folks. I hope a judge awards all that he deserves and then some
WATCH !!!! they will probably try to fine him for the weeds too.
@@thomasgirty6397 Funny but not funny. That would be an expected low blow from them 😄
What is there to research? The city made a mistake and the city should pay for the demolition as well as the restoration of his house and property. It’s as simple as that!
And like always, none of the city officials are not at fault for anything but costing this man large amounts of money and time.
Could it be someone in the City Gov. who wants the property for themself?
like the Rock and Oprah did to the Hawaiins?
$68,000?? Sue and counter sue... more American than Mom & apple pie.... this will ultimately cost the Atlanta taxpayers a hefty sum.
Sue and get you a pair of blue suede shoes and purple shirt 👚 and black slacks
Of course, HIS lawsuit is stuck up in all the legal hullabaloo, but the city's lawsuit against him is still coming full force.
Imagine saying you live in a city that destroyed your house and sues you for the damages.
The government is so f’d up!! Something has to be done towards these tyrants!
I hope he not only quickly wins his case but also countersues to have his home rebuilt.
Wow. Just wow!
That is outrageous. I'm glad he is suing the county . He shouldn't have to pay anything.
The Beltline wants that property. Follow the money!!!!
Outstanding answer
YEP! That's where I was going with it. It was done on purpose.
This is not the first time that this has happened in Atlanta. Crazy.
This is possibly a civil rights violation and he can sue the govt for big big money
The worst of it all is no one involved will suffer any consequences. The officials that made the mistake, the demo crew that demolished the wrong house etc. No one is getting fined, fired etc. Even if the victim wins his lawsuit it's just going to be more tax payer money to pay off the man. No matter who wins, we lose.
The city has a lot of gall that’s for sure!! 😡
The demo crew has no liability here. They demolished the house the city told them to demo. They have legal documents. They are not in the wrong here. This is entirely on the city.
As I stated in the original airing of this story.
Why did the Demolition Crew show up at this Address/Property... wouldn't they have gone to the Address that ALL the Notices were sent to???
If the Demolition Crew received the Correct Address... that indicates the City HAD the Correct Address! It also suggests the Notices were deliberately DIVERTED to another address for the purpose of CONFISCATING his Property!!!
How convenie... PROFITABLE for the City to demolish a citizen's property, charges the citizen for the demolition annnd Seize said property to resale at a later date... under the GUISE of Clerical Errors!
I think this might be where the issue is. They also gave the wrong address notices, which were ignored or return to sender.
You're right... the city can't send notices to threaten one place, then knock down a completely different one and claim damages. This was administrative theft of a house under color of law.
@@probrickgamer Who gave/sent whom a wrong address notice?
Do you mean the City received Wrong Address stamped on the notices they mailed out as well as return to sender stamp from the post office and a City employee disregarded them???
The lawyer that filed that lawsuit needs to be disbarred
This is absolutely ridiculous, how in the hell can they destroy someones property like this, then try and take the property. Someone needs to be accountable for this and it certainly is not the owner of the property.
If you have to demolish a house and roll up and start tearing it down with heavy equipment without knocking, going in and double checking every box you should go to jail. Same with the officials that screwed up the rest of the process.
Wow this is sickening, they should be ashamed
Something is shady with the local government!! Don't hold your breath for the city to correct their mistake... Anyone know the outcome???
I love the closing "The Mayor is researching the situation."
I saw the news on this when it happened.
Dude lived outta state, bought the house unseen.
Still don't give the city any right to demo it
Without government, who would destroy your home and force you to pay for the demolition?
So they are providing a unique service!
Read any book about Ghengis Khan.