A reporter’s eye-opening interview with a squatter in Detroit drove home the insanity of laws that protect them and gave a frightening insight into their rationale.
The video making the rounds on social media was from a decade ago, but that fact adds even more to the discussion as it shows how long homeowners have had to be victims.
“If I left my house, say for a month…and a half, you think you would be entitled to move in?” the reporter with Fox2 Detroit asked the squatter identified as Lynn Arthur Williams in the original report from 2014.
Williams claimed there were “a lot of other people on the block, if you want to be technical” who were also squatting.
A reporter speaks to a squatter in Detroit to hear her side of the story.
This is incredible. pic.twitter.com/qpJLlwWgr9
— End Wokeness (@EndWokeness) April 24, 2024
“A lot of people encouraged me to do what I’m doing now,” the squatter claimed.
When journalist Charlie LeDuff said the homeowner wanted her property back, the squatter actually responded, “Yeah, but I have put a lot of work in here and I spent a lot of money.”
“I am on a fixed income,” the invader said in the clip which then showed an admission of stealing a neighbor’s electricity.
In the original report, Williams was hauled out and off to jail in the end.
The resurgence of the outrageous video clip sparked a new wave of outrage on X:
She admits that she’s a squatter and that she’s blessed for stealing power. WTH is going on with our country?
— General™️ (@TheGeneral_0) April 24, 2024
The pause before she says she’s “blessed” by the electricity she’s stealing from her neighbor says it all.
Plus she’s living off of Social Security and disability.
She’s furnishing her stolen house with our tax dollars.
She would be living in a jail cell for this.
— Paul A. Szypula (@Bubblebathgirl) April 24, 2024
The only person hearing “her side of the story” should be a judge in a courtroom. She’s a criminal and should be treated as such.
— Spartan Guidance (@thespartanguide) April 24, 2024
“Squatters rights” is the most ridiculous thing I’ve ever heard of… squatting is theft, these people should have ZERO rights.
The second the lawful homeowner says they want them out, that’s it.. get out!— Pismo (@Pismo_B) April 24, 2024
It’s bizarre how these people feel they have the right to literally steal another person’s property, but yet have a clear conscience bc they’re somehow entitled to it. ♂️
— Slotyp_ist (@Slotyp_ist) April 24, 2024
She’s not stealing, she’s blessed
— Dan Leonard (@dan5000t) April 24, 2024
Political satire doesn’t even exist anymore. It’s just reality.
— The Sean Mitchell (@TheSeanMitchell) April 24, 2024
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