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Bay Area homeowners are hiring a sword-wielding man to help them kick squatters out of empty properties: ‘The average squatter has no melee experience’ (www.independent.co.uk)

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[–] captainlezbian@lemmy.world 38 points 19 hours ago (1 children)

Squatters rights are an important part of common law and they serve as a foundational means of ensuring valuable real estate remains in use. Adverse possession requires openly living somewhere for years without permission or resistance from the owner

[–] Slashme@lemmy.world 5 points 6 hours ago

Yep, and this guy is one form of "resistance". But doesn't reporting the squatter to the police count as "resistance" as well? Surely you don't need to hire private goons to chuck them out?