Lethal force in defense of property
https://twitter.com/CollinRugg/status/1770486545214251441?s=19 Moment TikToker tells followers how to 'invade' American homes
A TikTok influencer is advising his followers on how to 'invade' American homes and invoke squatter's rights, making it difficult for them to be removed from properties.
Leonel Moreno, who goes by @leitooficial_25 online and appears to be a Venezuelan migrant, has told his followers that under US law, 'if a house is not inhabited, we can seize it'.
He is referring to squatter's rights, or adverse possession laws - a common law principle that allows an illegal inhabitant to acquire ownership of a property based on continuous occupation without the legal owner's consent.
Moreno, alleging he has friends who 'have already taken about seven homes', argued the only way for migrants to not live in the streets or be a 'public burden' is to 'seize' and 'invade' abandoned properties.
If you read American news, you will learn that he's not that far off from right. Fed-up homeowner arrested after tense standoff with squatters ‘stealing’ $1M house she inherited from parents
A New York City property owner recently ended up in handcuffs following a fiery standoff with alleged squatters who she has been trying to boot from her family’s home, tense footage shows.
Adele Andaloro, 47, was nabbed after changing the locks last month on the $1 million home in Flushing, Queens, that she says she inherited from her parents when they died, ABC’s Eyewitness News reported.
Andaloro claims the ordeal erupted when she started the process of trying to sell the home last month but realized squatters had moved in — and brazenly replaced the entire front door and locks.
She said she got fed up, and went to her family’s home on 160th Street — with the local TV outlet in tow — on Feb. 29 and called a locksmith to change the locks for her.
In New York City, a person can claim “squatter’s rights” after just 30 days of living at a property.
Andaloro was ultimately given an unlawful eviction charge because she had changed the locks and hadn’t provided a new key to the person staying there, the NYPD confirmed to The Post.
According to the law, squatters must treat the property they are occupying as their home, such as doing maintenance. In reality, squatters usually destroy the property they are squatting in, and homeowners insurance won't cover property damage from squatters. Given both the extreme cost of housing and the principle of the matter, I absolutely and unequivocally believe that a home owner should have the right to use lethal force in the removal of squatters. If someone breaks into a home that is not theirs, and tries to live there, the home owner should have the right to go in tell the squatter to leave, and if the squatter doesn't, the home owner can shoot the squatter and drag his body to the curb. This won't happen in Blue states, but Red states need to make this the law.