Evicted 82yo man sets himself on fire rather than leave
Evicted 82yo man sets himself on fire rather than leave
Body camera shows as deputies were attempting to escort 82-year-old Anthony Goulding’s wife out of the home, Goulding began pouring gasoline on the carpet outside of a back bedroom.
Goulding’s right arm catches fire and then he throws a gas canister at the deputy. The flames grow larger.
Goulding passed away in the house fire, along with a dog.
“I think often times the judicial division gets kind of the label of it’s safe because we’re serving papers. There’s nothing safe about judicial. You are dealing with people’s emotions each and every day,” explained Sheriff Johnson III. “You’re taking someone’s home away. That’s their last stand like that. I can tell you the first time I bought my first piece of property, how proud I was to be a homeowner. That is the American dream. And [we]’re taking that away from somebody.”
God Bless the U.S.
Where we evict an 82 year old man and his parkinsons riddled wife he's caring for.
While the Sherriff brags about how dangerous it is for his deputies to evict them.
99“I think often times the judicial division gets kind of the label of it’s safe because we’re serving papers. There’s nothing safe about judicial. You are dealing with people’s emotions each and every day,” explained Sheriff Johnson III.
The sheriff seems to care more about the safety of his deputies than the morality of dragging elderly people out of their home.
He does acknowledge that they are ousting someone from their home. But it is only brought up to reinforce the statement about safety.
“You’re taking someone’s home away. That’s their last stand like that. I can tell you the first time I bought my first piece of property, how proud I was to be a homeowner. That is the American dream. And you’re taking that away from somebody. You talk about a world of emotion. [I’m] extremely proud of our deputies because we really go above and beyond to try to help our citizens along the way.”
56The sheriff seems to care more about the safety of his deputies than the morality of dragging elderly people out of their home.
If they cared about morality they wouldnt be cops.
28you know maybe the gun humpers are right. If enough people shoot the eviction officers they will eventually run out of eviction officers
19Maybe the eviction officers will be armed too and shoot first next time.
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Fuck landlords
35Down votes on the above are brought to you by landlords.
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Such a shame, apparently he was still young enough to be president too
33If only we empowered our citizens instead of disparaging and monitizing them in an effort to build more yachts.
28Goulding passed away in the house fire, along with a dog.
That's the most fucked up part.
14The video in the article is sad. Potentially NSFW.
10Very sad and an unnecessary death - he should've only set fire to the house instead. In fact, anyone getting evicted should do that.
7Nah, they'd have put him in max security prison for the remainder of his life. This was a quicker way to go.
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Hardcore serious martyr
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