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submitted 10 months ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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[–] [email protected] 36 points 10 months ago (2 children)

Landlords are cops? I haven't heard that one before. What does that mean?

Googling...wait, is this real? https://systemicjustice.org/article/landlords-as-cops/

I thought evictions took 30-90 days and required court approval in the US.

[–] [email protected] 27 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago)

This is real. It's also one reason why laws against gay sex were on the books in many states until finally overturned by the Supreme Court in 2003 in Lawrence v Texas. Sometimes police would use the laws directly, but more commonly since gay sex was considered a criminal activity, landlords would use it as an excuse to deny lgbt people housing or evict them.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 10 months ago

Cops and landlords protect capital over all else