Court Strips Elderly Woman of Her Home and Ruins Her Life

After a tree fell on her house, IJ client Sarah Hohenberg’s journey through Memphis’ Environmental Court left her bankrupt, homeless, stripped of her possessions, and a fugitive from the law. We discuss how this happened-and how IJ’s new lawsuit aims to end this kind of abuse.
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[@bigfootbillunknown9511]

🇺🇸 "INDIANS NOT TAXED" 🇺🇸 OVER 500 INDIGENOUS RECOGNIZED TRIBAL NATIONS WITHIN THE US. 🇺🇸 NONE PAY TAXES.

[@scottjones6608]

It sounds like family court

[@kathleenhuff3059]

@@bigfootbillunknown9511 so what's your point??

[@kathleenhuff3059]

@instituteforjustice is there an update on this case with the old Woman?

[@stuartsmith7907]

@@bigfootbillunknown9511 your a moron

[@bearbryant3495]

Environmental Court sounds like an HOA for the entire city.

[@amim4701]

We have had issues in Florida. The neighborhood Karen calla environment code enforcement and county screws use. It's used as weapon by many. We had storm and mom hard large limb damage decorative overhang on porch. Our "Karen" had code enforcement out the next morning by 0830. $500 a day fines. Only Covid death I smiled about. She called when stepfather died and lawn wasn't mowed one week, called when people threw stuff out of car (off military base and on weekend alcohol containers would appear on right of way) and so much other petty crap. Hell that woman called after a hurricane 🌀

[@cardinalbob1]

@@amim4701 After all that, I wouldn’t be saddened either.

[@eilenekellogg7017]

Ami, that women needs to get a life.

[@jonathantutor40]

I am in Memphis. This is exactly how it functions.

[@starbase51shiptestingfacil97]

It is. It's also unconstitutional. I wouldn't even rely on Tennessee Supreme Court to to get a fair hearing. It's of political agenda level legisture so you'll have to go over their heads to the U.S. Supreme Court.

[@sheilabowers3091]

They wanted that property for somebody the town official somebody a counsel member one of them wanted it !!!!

[@navycorpsman9291]

Sheila Bowers ...living in a town where I’m held prisoner in my own home. I’m Vocal against crime around my home...I’ve lived in my home only for a short period. Over the years I fought against drugs being dealt off my property. It’s a small township and everyone has friends and family in local government. I’m a proud veteran and one way to deal with me is to label me a mentally disturbed veteran to obtain my home. The worst is that I’m harassed, vandalized and bullied all in an attempt to sell to their family members and friends. The local police are not here to help me but a few are aligned with some of the very people harassing me. People have come into my home while I’m not there and taken personal information such as financial and medical records, neighbors even have stolen valuable coin collections with the assistance of local authorities right from underneath me. At night they come and even spray industrial insecticides and even pepper spray into my house while I’m asleep. I’m told I should move...no, I’ve served overseas protecting people’s rights to keep their land and freedom but I should give up my rights in a land where I’m told I possess inalienable rights to freedom and justice. I stay for the reason that I was willing to give up my life to a foreign country so that another person can have theirs. I’ve come to the realization that in this country justice isn’t blind...it serves those of special interest. Freedom isn’t free...it’s bought and paid for at a high price and unfortunately there are those out there willing to steal it from you and sell it to the next buyer. Not the America I signed up for 😔

[@sheilabowers3091]

@@navycorpsman9291 God bless you and thank you for your service you and your family. Don't ever Stand Down sir just remember I'm standing right beside you if ever you need anybody you call me I'd like to repay what you do and what you've done for us every day. It's the same here for me everyday I've been attacked by the police my and every official in Harford County Maryland for the last 23 years they just framed my 15 year-old with her own almost death when she was run over as a pedestrian by a car. You stand strong sir they've tried to take my home and they want me out of here like I told them Over My Dead Body they'll fall before we do sir !!!! When tyranny becomes law Rebellion becomes Duty whether it be thy neighbor or the government !!!!

[@h.skiprobinson7668]

This is all too common in especially the smaller towns.

[@navycorpsman9291]

Sheila Bowers...thank you! Never forget that you have a voice...tell your story. It might not be heard by everyone but it may be heard by someone. Hopefully, that someone will tell it...so on and so on...that’s what’s important. Let’s all pray that justice finds someone that can make a difference in a country that has turned its back on its people...no matter what color, gender or religion they may be. Freedom and Justice for all in America is what this country is supposed to be about...that’s the real reason behind the Stars and Stripes 🇺🇸

[@unknowninfamous2346]

Navy Corpsman I’m sorry to tell you, you were brainwashed by the government that’s doing this to you now. You went across seas to steal another country’s natural resources and to further the bankster elites interests. No modern war in ANY country has served the to protect the right’s of ANY person, foreign or domestic! This is the propaganda pushed to our youth as a way of controlling the sins of our country. Anybody that denies it is fooling themselves and the other sheep who condone this evil. They are sending our kids out to protect poppy fields in Afghanistan, to extend the boarders for Israel, and steal natural resources from poor nations plus many more egregious sins. There’s actually a Navel base on a island paradise that could be mistaken for a luxury resort where the natives are only allowed to work, and shipped back to their poverty stricken island. We hear all the time about soldiers being inoculated with experimental drugs and even our own citizens. They keep passing laws to steal our freedoms and order followers like you were make it possible for them to get away with it. I’m sorry for your predicament, imagine how the people of a different country feel when foreigners come demolish your city’s and towns take over your land and resources, make unjust laws then kill your innocent family members, and call it protecting your right’s and giving you freedom?

[@daniels.3062]

The fact that she owned her own home probably made her more of a target.

[@TruckTaxiMoveIt]

Certainly but don't forget if there was a mortgage the bank would have stepped in did the work slapped it on the back of the mortgage and possibly closer to foreclosure in that direction-- instead of the city's foreclosure.

[@beth-rg8bm]

Very much so...thats how we lost our home!

[@mimIsra1]

@@beth-rg8bm sorry to hear that.

[@kathleenhuff3059]

Yep..rich real estate peeps want more houses..David Nunes who PROTECTED trump in the 1st impeachment owns a shell Company that bought out 80K homes that went into foreclosure during the last housing bubble burst!!..wonder who bought this old Woman's home??

[@shaunaellis6619]

You are right. When a home is paid off, it's more money for them.

[@mdchaney]

Name the people who participate in these courts. Who are the "judges"? Name them all, and provide contact information. Remember that cockroaches hate the light. Get out the spotlight.

[@CH-pv2rz]

Exactly! But these clowns wont do that because then the public wont need them to exact revenge.

[@lyndonjames9178]

@@CH-pv2rz don't want revenge! We need transparacy

[@jdkillzone]

@@CH-pv2rz Pretty sure he said right out of the gate that it was a revolving door of various suits who never really identified themselves. Also, that the "court" was not keeping proper records so you couldn't be sure from one hearing to the next who you would be sitting in front of. The court is intentionally making it difficult to make them accountable.

[@A.I.rchist]

This isn't a problem with one issue. This has been going on since the 1990's. This isn't any one individual or group fault, it's a combination of greed and unregulated power. Thank you IJ, for taking a stand in this flawed system.

[@A.I.rchist]

@Robert Slackware Like that's going to solve anything. Do you really think that's going to solve anything? It will just get you in prison or dead.

[@rustyshackelford3371]

I remember the only ones squaking about this back in the 90s were the Libertarians. Republicans and Democrats have been doing this for years, making money in their corrupt localities

[@AgnesCongdon-xk8hr]

1770's... you may want to research and learn a little more history.

[@jessicasnaplesfl7474]

Look for the corruption behind these court-allowed seizures! Who profits from the confiscated property?

[@shirley9066]

Yes! Was the paperwork not falsified?

[@eilenekellogg-ki2br]

Follow the money.

[@CariMachet]

THE RICH ALWAYS profit always NO matter what

[@janeysiegrist5061]

Developers

[@superamp2724]

Owns home outright, tree falls on it, insurance begins repair, town steals property and arrests homeowner.

[@animejanai4657]

Looks like she got city officials angry at her. So they abused their city powers to technically maliciously interpret city laws in order to financially afflict the homeowner.

[@umeng2002]

At what point in America did "court" not mean a court? Family court, environmental court, marriage court, etc... are all kangaroo courts.

[@dawsie]

And America don’t even have kangaroos native to the country, the ones that live there the were all imported 😹😹😹 from Australia sorry after watching this story I am so glad my parent decided to move to Australia and not America at least here we don’t have courts that are not really courts this is the second story I have heard off.

[@mikearakelian6368]

I cant watch the rest of this; or I'll throw my cell phone against the wall!!

[@Predney]

Its because the vast majority of citizens wont read the entirity of the constitution including preamble, bill of rights etc. They are taught to beleive the great lie of the judiciary that we are under rule of law and courts operate under criminal law. The judiciary was made the Weakest branch of govt, common law prescribed for the people and the people judge of the law.

[@lostintime8651]

I come here to be PO'ed.

[@stephenoshaughnessy2279]

All these quasi-courts need to be outlawed, which includes the rise of those various Commissions. None of these dodgy quasis actually follow the due process provisions of the Constitution.

[@2Truth4Liberty]

They are required by law (DUE PROCESS) to provide a method of appeal. But people need to know that and be ready to appeal. ========== #1 THING people need to know is that for any court other than a true State Court you have a RIGHT to appeal (Usually at least 10 days). #2 BE READY to file a Notice of Appeal after any judgment from such courts. ======== Quasi-judicial local (corporate/administrative/municipal) courts are permitted but MUST provide an appeal process to comply with DUE PROCESS. The appeal to a State Court is DE NOVO (new trial) so it is a clean slate - the case has to be proven from scratch in the State Court so the lower court proceedings only serve as a sneak peek discovery as to what the prosecution plans to bring.

[@wms72]

Tennessee citizens must DEMAND that dam.n court be dismantled.

[@doug814]

So long as all politicians in this state have to do to get reelected is show up once every four years and tell us all how much they love the lord, this crap is what we are going to get. And we deserve it for being low into voters.

[@strangetimes5724]

What is the SOURCE of JURISDICTION for this court? How do they get jurisdiction over home repairs?

[@billfargo9616]

Where do they get jurisdiction over home repairs?

[@FirstLast-tw1qf]

@@billfargo9616 you have a deed of use All properties from the government as long as you comply with the gov. Taxes ,zoning, ect you can use it gov goons use it to wear you down with the process

[@jesusissonshine]

I attempted to put this on fb and they told me immediately this went against their policies.

[@howiwatchvideos]

Delete your Facebook. Just what you described should be a good enough reason.

[@jesusissonshine]

@Bible Bus 2.0 😂🤣😄🤪

[@sbearly]

When you post something like this on FB add a comment like, "Here's me at the BLM protest!"

[@waggerification]

that figures

[@jesusissonshine]

@@howiwatchvideos Hahaha 😁

[@AnnabelleJARankin]

This is soooooo disturbing.

[@wandarebiejo6409]

Imagine being the cops who carried out the orders. Talk about serious POS's!

[@jerseegrl2]

You act like they wanted to do it. They are being told to do it. Don’t kill the messenger

[@wandarebiejo6409]

@@jerseegrl2 Order followers are as responsible, if not more so, for tyranny as the order givers. Sorry, go lick boots somewhere else.

[@Predney]

@@jerseegrl2 they did it.

[@janeprescott7381]

The environmental people should be Called and asked a million questions Every day, like can you give me a grant to improve the emissions on my car, why are there so many potholes isint that the environment

[@janeprescott7381]

The states have been playing home owners for years like this, one woman owned a home with a well, no need for city water she was made to hook up to city water against her wishes and wallet went broke paying state for it and lost her home.

[@paulo7200]

These towns are trying to outlaw the appearance of poverty by statute, instead of helping people who are actually poor.

[@yorgivon-schmourgeussborgi]

We will literally do anything but socialism... if people figure out that unfettered capitalism isn't the be all end all, the government can't justify CIA backed coups of south american and middle eastern governments

[@sharonsmith9575]

I was born and raised in tenn. when I was growing up If someone needed help we were their. Burned home no problem their and empty house over their. A tree fell. We got out our saws. We put our children in the same bed. Gave them the other one. What ever we had that was not needed or was needed that we could do without we gave. That is the life I miss. We had compassion, what do we have now people. We have cop,s that are doing bad. We have judges that are bad. We are raising children that bad. And why is that because we can’t raise them the way we were. I raised my children in the 80,s I remember my children coming home and telling me the school told them to call the cops if I was making do something that they didn’t want to do. And I don’t even want to talk about my grandchildren . These kids are the ones we’re leaving behind to run this world. God help us.

[@Mr.Oct___]

3 years & only 9 likes. ...Says a lot.

[@MrHandoverfist]

"they" obviously wanted her property.

[@TheMadManPlace]

In the case of the gent with the bulldozed house, it should be rebuilt AND all the furnishings and equipment should be replaced. If the property has been sold, it should have to be purchased back from the new owner at the new owners asking price and restored to original condition AND original content. This is the only way to get justice for the victims and the authorities should have to foot the bill for acting unconstitutionally.

[@billfargo9616]

He'd probably be better off with the fair market value since the property might have been out of proportion to his needs, multiplying the financial harm done to him.

[@leftykeys6944]

The cruelty and arbitrariness of this system just takes my breath away. It is a system where virtually no one is safe... unless your pockets are so deep you can afford the best legal counsel and/or buy yourself out of trouble.

[@frankh.3849]

If the people exterminate the wrong doers less and less people will do wrong.

[@sonyou98]

Frank H. you sound like a real idiot!

[@frankh.3849]

@@sonyou98 48 people agree with me, thankfully so did our founding fathers.

[@rxdawg75]

@@sonyou98 no....he sounds like someone with common sense.

[@vinceboyer4775]

When they come after u get locked and loaded and declair war against tyrants and eliminate all threats that enter your yard

[@sbearly]

OK so there's the first (and last) 10 minutes of your response. Shouldn't you have preceded that with, "Buy your funeral plot; let your family know you are checking out; have a 6 pack of your favorite beer ready and then . . . . "

[@paulo7200]

Eventually they're gonna try this on a guy with stage four cancer and nothing to loose.

[@mediatool9596]

@@paulo7200 and a SWAT team with with tear gas and ballistic shields will eliminate the threat

[@TruckTaxiMoveIt]

Yeah, do that. Those who are willing to do wrong in order to get Justice for others should be respected but not encouraged

[@TruckTaxiMoveIt]

@Robert Slackware wow, link please

[@rogerdale1883]

I find that incredible as this reminds me of the CCP in China.who ever heard of doing this to someone who owns there property outright especially that poor old lady, there is no way this could happen in Australia,that is outright fraud and is disgusting to say the least of the USA.

[@betzlaplant2755]

Abolish that Court completely it's rogue

[@paulo7200]

Property ownership in the USA is a joke. A deed in most states gives you a temporary right to limited occupancy contingent on making property tax payments and a hundred other conditions and requirements.

[@Taz6688]

Not the land of the free anymore, nothing you do will escape taxes.

[@EFIMarie]

It’s not just the U.S.

[@johndoe-ss9bz]

@@EFIMarie :It is no longer the "Land of the Free and Home of the Brave". Today it common-citizens feel more like the "Land of the Fear and Home of the Knave"... Failure of Legislatures to protect Citizens!!!

[@lexyswope]

When the city in which I live incorporated in 2005, the picky rules increased exponentially.

[@patrickday4206]

Washington state Supreme Court ruled that people don't own land and are essentially renting from the state as tenants

[@eyescanttrespass9883]

Its up to the citizens to enforce laws against Law Enforcement Officers. Also, it is up to the citizens to enforce penalties and punishment onto Law Enforcement Officers. Same for Judges and prosecutors.

[@cousin_ifs_q_music5466]

I support a citizens review strike force to have power over judges and police.

[@elizabethquinn1156]

Thievery perpetuated upon senior vulnerables. Such monstrosity‼️😡🗣

[@donmickelinc8025]

You never ever own your own home as long as you pay taxes on it. The government owns it.

[@VidarrKerr]

That is why I keep a large sailboat.

[@michaeldowdy9046]

Correct, that's what I tell people. The government owns everything.

[@VidarrKerr]

@@michaeldowdy9046 If you join the military, they even own your body. You literally become property of the USA.

[@ellmc95]

@@VidarrKerr It's a job that people freely take in exchange for compensation. Conscription isn't a thing anymore so their choice.

[@spikefivefivefive]

@ORFwithCRS - There's no guarantee a landlord will fix anything. You're also paying off someone else's asset.

[@LifeBetweenTheDash]

An article on this situation claims that her neighbors sued her in Environmental Court because the repairs weren't going fast enough. Wow! 😵‍💫

[@rudystone2324]

I hope both of your clients get huge settlements from the City/County, and well as being forced to correct these terrible breeches of justice.

[@DadCanFixAnything]

This is a perfect example of why even the smallest infringements upon individual rights should be immediately refuted by any reasonable means AND reasonable people BEFORE it becomes a problem, rather than be granted opportunity to grow and expand until it becomes intolerable and near impossible for an individual to refute.

[@angelicamichelle1646]

I am so grateful to see some lawyers that are fighting for the rights of the people that are true and honest people themselves may God give them the power to overcome everything distant in their way to victory

[@sheilab.8048]

This should go to the Supreme Court and they should pay for what they've done....

[@mmc51660]

Where are these courts located? Sounds like what will happen to the cities that have become members of the UN's Sustainable cities.

[@impalamama7302]

Exactly! Memphis is way ahead of curve on Agenda 21 planning.

[@shivasirons6159]

Ms mama, you are a hip woman!

[@royhoco5748]

Memphis Environmental Court is simply a kangaroo court

[@Jan_YTview]

kangaroos are lovely, cleverly designed animals.. nothing like USA legal system. 🦘🦘🦘🦘

[@LuisCruz-cc4zh]

This is when we need TV series leverage to write the wrongs of government

[@Barskor1]

2A

[@NETWizzJbirk]

Luis Cruz I am sure that TV show won’t be able to get the proper permits

[@vinceboyer4775]

It's time to burn the courts to the ground

[@elaineclementsfinn1872]

It's not the courts.... but the psychopaths and sociopaths that run it !

[@edennis8578]

@@elaineclementsfinn1872 Same thing. Power corrupts. Powerful positions attract psychopaths and sadists.

[@elaineclementsfinn1872]

@Bible Bus 2.0 ughhhh...how does that relate to what he's saying? Just curious.....

[@elaineclementsfinn1872]

@Bible Bus 2.0 I asked you first

[@oregondude9411]

I agree with your sentiment. Corrupt and narcissistic judges, District Attorneys, and even public "defenders" who often work for the state instead of you.

[@rogerscottcathey]

Sounds like the nazis in gated communities have expanded the orbit of their iron fist. Like an Inquisition.

[@unifiedtheoryoflife9922]

Thank you guys so much for bringing these issues to light. We need to be far more careful with the growth of government power. To take a person's home is beyond the pale.

[@revmarcell6449]

Never go to any “court” without a lawyer who represents you.

[@revmarcell6449]

H P not in the US. Anyone who denies a defendant legal council will pay a hefty fine and perhaps be prosecuted themselves

[@dknowles60]

@H P fed gov court

[@2Truth4Liberty]

Whose $$$ for the lawyer? Alternative = learn CIVICS = learn law + court process + etc BEFORE YOU NEED IT

[@revmarcell6449]

2Truth4Liberty and then lose.

[@2Truth4Liberty]

@@revmarcell6449 Maybe. It depends on your readiness and whether or not you have the law on your side. I recently won a First Amendment claim in Federal Court against my City, so I know you don't always lose. Nay saying is not part of preparing to be ready :-0)

[@jameskellenberger8740]

Thank you 🙏 for fighting for our civil liberties

[@rogerdale1883]

In Australia we all get together to help those people in distress to rebuild by collective donating and free work to rebuild the community as you would have seen in our fires after the drought and we definitely are not like you in this matter as we have hearts full of empathy.

[@shirley9066]

Think we use too.

[@MacroAggressor]

@InstituteForJustice Thank you guys for the work you do.

[@kathleenwalters1299]

This is Satan's minion at work.

[@sherrydee7880]

The powers that be would rather put us (older folks) in a home or in the streets. That way, if and when we die, they won't have to worry about us!

[@lexyswope]

And in those senior high rises when they are ready to implement the final solution all they need is a gas leak.

[@stephenmartinez1]

I've pledged $50 a month, I feel the work you guys do is so important, I simply can not allow myself to hear of such outrageous forms of government abuse and do nothing about it. Of all the organizations I have heard of, you guys in particular are in need of every dollar you can get.

[@TryGold]

So corrupt and so far beyond national disgrace there are no words adequate to describe.

[@mourningwarbler]

There needs to be at least two witnesses in a case: Mercy & Truth

[@javaskull88]

What a bizarre situation. How in Earth have we reached this point?

[@da-n-ny1742]

I was invited to move to TN from NY, I'll think I'll pass. Cudo's to IFJ for taking the case.

[@billsmith2212]

A monetary settlement where the taxpayers foot the bill is not justice . The dirt bags that perpetrated this must do hard time . Otherwise , hire the terminally ill to " balance " the scales . Once you bring it to their front door and lay it on them , only then will things change . We fear them - THEY must fear doing the wrong thing to us .

[@2Truth4Liberty]

Nearly all jurisdiction carry insurance - the expense is all paid by the insurance company not the taxpayer (except for the deductible which is usually $0-$1000). And the insurance premiums are paid yearly whether there is any claim filed or not, so it is not any extra cost to the taxpayer. That still doesn't make it right that the wrong doers do not have to pay personally.

[@bones6554]

@@2Truth4Liberty Who pays the premium? I'm sure they don't pay it out of their own pocket.

[@2Truth4Liberty]

@@bones6554 As I said "the insurance premiums are paid yearly whether there is any claim filed or not, so it is not any extra cost to the taxpayer."

[@sueregan2782]

The same no-recourse, no charge process occurs in CPS Family Court. Then they take away your kids without recourse.

[@highcaliberexclusive9890]

The Institute for justice. God bless all of you guys and girls men and women of a high standard fighting for what's right and fighting for justice for all. The core value of the American constitution!! JUSTICE FOR ALL!!! Not just for the rich and powerful. God bless and keep on fighting! How can I help or donate to your organization?

[@AECRADIO1]

Pure reason the public must unite and fight just as dirty, because these roaches will never stop acting like tyrants, terrorists and criminals, until the people stand up an force the removal of these people, and force these criminal laws to die, and fully restore constitutional safeguards that no longer allow such acts to gain any foot hold.

[@learnshareevolve1842]

Sounds like some folks in the govt there needs be goin to jail, and/or paying many million$ in tort.

[@TheDjcarter1966]

So exactly how do you go 10 years without repairing your house??? Would be nice to hear the rest of the story.

[@ethansprofile6670]

Thank you I.J.

[@barbaradownie3265]

CORRUPT JUDGES NEED TO BE IMPRISONED. INNOCENT VICTIMS ARE BEING DENIED THEIR RIGHTS.

[@JoeMoore-h7o]

Mayer az 2020 same coruption

[@c-ccoates503]

I wonder which property developer now owns that lades home now and who in they are in bed with?

[@shirley9066]

Sophisticated rip off artist! 👻👻👻did she have ghosts and noises?mean spirits? Plumbing problems?

[@vinagerie427]

I'm going to agree with another commentor...Call out the people working there, the neighbors involved...Post them!!! If Reps. & Gov. & Big Tech can Dox, then the Public can too.

[@sharonsmith9575]

That’s not a court. When are we going to clean up the courts. Who overlooks the courts. Who lets this happen.

[@shirley9066]

CONGRESS!

[@TheMrdrew86]

I really wish you could go through the steps of how you have a tree fall on your house and end up being sent to jail. what was the justification?

[@bc24roxy4]

i agree..there was no story of what happened ..it was all about these courts. have no idea what happened at all and how she got there..

[@darreno9874]

This is an appaling abuse of power. God bless this lady

[@OrangPasien]

"Government is not the solution to our problem, government is the problem." R. Reagan

[@christinakalix9279]

Agreed. Reagan busted unions of well paying jobs; jobs moved overseas. Under Reagan the cost of a college education skyrocketed. He betrayed people who voted for him. People with small saving who now couldn't pay for college educations. Rich get richer.

[@poodlelord]

Honestly reaganism is the problem

[@rakinyayoung1569]

Thank you!😇

[@stevemartin4249]

Having been subscribed for awhile now, I can't really say I 'enjoyed' this podcast as much as I learned and verified some dark things about human nature. First of all, kudos to you who are using the law to fight injustice. Truly good people doing the right thing. What have I verified? I am an American citizen, now having lived in Japan for about 38 years. I resigned in protest from a tenured college teaching position (Jissen Women's College Tokyo) because when it comes down to it ... for those already in a marginalized position of not have equal resources to defend yourself from humans at their instinctual animal worst ... laws and contracts are not worth the paper it is written on. Neither Japanese labor law, a signed contract, or my rights as an American citizen were relevant as the school decided to cut costs by getting rid of the only foreign tenured professor. Institutionally sanctioned racism was part of the dynamics, but only part. There is also a temperamental element ... a lone idealist educator among a pack of opportunistic functionaries, and even Japanese part-time teachers, community volunteers, and students were routinely exploited and discarded. This is not a question of legality or Japanese tradition or human rights. It is the group dynamics of homo sapiens at its lowest common denominator. And if history shows any indication of what it means to be a human being, I tend to agree with the likes of Ernst Mayr or Stephen Hawking ... we are about to exceed our shelf life as a species. It is the ultimate, though understandable, arrogance to presume we will be the first species to fail from too much, and too poorly defined 'success'. The current plandemic is quickly accelerating a pillage mentality the likes of which Naomi Klein explored in 'Disaster Capitalism' ... though I would say these social dynamics are not restricted to any single political or economic ideology. Pol Pot did a pretty thorough job of it in Cambodia. I suspect that what the Environmental Kangaroo Court can't get away with - the eventual lifting of moratoriums on foreclosures and eviction will. It won't be pretty.

[@VidarrKerr]

This is not just the government and banks behind this disgusting behavior, it is the insurance corporations too.

[@petesfarm7830]

What of the Medical Mafia ;(

[@terrysmith3494]

This is about the tenth time I've made the following comment on videos in the last few days: Is this the USA or the USSR ? This country has gone right down the toilet !

[@eilenekellogg7017]

This so sad! How can they live with themselves?

[@craiga7652]

Outrageous¡! ... ...... .........

[@scottrocks1000]

What a SHAME !!!!!

[@rugershooter5268]

How has this case been going on for 10yrs when the "court" got the power to attack home owners in 2016? What is the criteria that puts you in this court?

[@ruthberg9461]

My elderly mother was diagnosed by only a social worker with dementia, not by a medical doctor. The court would not allow her to have her own psychiatrist testify and she remains a ward of the state today, without any rights, without any of her wealth, and minimal health care by her court- appointed guardian to barely survive. She is at the mercy of her caretakers beholden to this guardian, and suffered two life-threatening events to go from fully able-bodied to an invalid. This has been unbelievable to her, to her family, and to anyone we recount this to. Ruth Berg, Germantown, WI.

[@jcroz222888]

Criminals!!!

[@eromod]

Hell no, blight should be legal. Looking nice should be voluntary and trespassing is no excuse for demanding safety.

[@2Truth4Liberty]

"true" nuisance has always been a cause of action at law. But many so-called nuisance ordinances today cover far more than "true" nuisances.

[@rcair123]

No wonder Tennessee property is inexpensive. You are not really buying it.

[@kristybarnes2563]

I'm going through that to this very day over them taking my car. In controlled/abusive marriage, 20 years, finally managed to get a car. I was accosted by a cop that followed me home. Immediately arrested then took my car right out of my driveway! no reason 4 arrest, told they were taking my car cuz wasn't registered in my name!" Still fighting for justice & still w/o a car!

[@mikeables]

IJ might have my attention if they would mention the code violations the lady is charged with, and how the lady responded to the court. They did not mention any charges or outcomes. Fail

[@2Truth4Liberty]

Yes, many bad situations occur because people do not know CIVICS. (law/court process/etc) #1 THING people need to know is that for any court other than a true State Court you have a RIGHT to appeal (Usually at least 10 days). #2 BE READY to file a Notice of Appeal after any judgment from such courts. ======== Quasi-judicial local (corporate/administrative/municipal) courts are permitted but MUST provide an appeal process to comply with DUE PROCESS. The appeal to a State Court is DE NOVO (new trial) so it is a clean slate - the case has to be proven from scratch in the State Court so the lower court proceedings only serve as a sneak peek discovery as to what the prosecution plans to bring.--

[@bc24roxy4]

@@2Truth4Liberty yes ..but they did not even say why this person ended up there? Did she not repair her house after the tree fell on it? Did a neighbor report her? Why is she now a fugitive from the law? the only thing they explained was how bad these courts or not courts are. No back story of how she ended up there except that a tree fell on her house and 10yrs later she lost her house? I am going assume she didn't fix it and it bothered the neighbors..

[@2Truth4Liberty]

@@bc24roxy4 All good questions. whether the court is good or bad, I assume there were at least some court proceedings in order to take her house, so I only provided information that might help others who might get into a similar situation. -- Assuming she didn't fix it and it bothered the neighbors, what should happen? Whatever it was, if it lead to this then I think "those who live nearby" is a more appropriate term than "neighbors" :-0)

[@bc24roxy4]

@@2Truth4Liberty I think in order for people to stay out of a situation like this they would need to know how she got there right? what happened that got her to that point. It was not clear to me.j Did the court that she went to take her house? What should happen if it bothered "those that live nearby"..I don't know? Not lose her home though. My mother had her car parked in her driveway and a tire went flat. City code enforcement came out and said it had to be fixed. She was dying at the time and we fixed the tire. Then they said she had prove it was running? We had the car towed as she wouldn't be driving anymore anyway. The car was not in bad shape at all it was clean. Assuming a person living nearby called about the tire.

[@kristinmeyer489]

Thanks for the proliferation of video evidence, as well as corroborating reports of ruthless targeting of people by corrupt actors and bullies. From the disempowered mouths of victims, your voice helps put credibility on a huge, and growing problem that, had I not endured it for so long unabated, the mightn't have believed was possible. Sadly, the nightmare is true, and we are all watching our country die, for the sake of the corrupt.

[@jimrosesadventureinmanilap715]

Sounds like an HOA I once belong to ..

[@Tech2HelpUs]

Truly shocking and sad.

[@MarkReadPickens]

I'd like to see the 21 viewers whop gave this video "thumbs down" explain why they hate due process.

[@2Truth4Liberty]

bots and accidental clicks can account for that many

[@mikebrown1796]

THANK YOU!!

[@truthseeker4064]

Or they are somehow connected to the court.

[@kimwilliamson7880]

This case sounds like the neighborhood preservation court in KCMo. which is actually a social engineering institution that inflicts draconian fines or jail time against someone who isn’t liked by someone of a higher social status while declining to act on substantive complaints against “the right people “. A defendant victim can’t even get the name of the complainer to confront them in court. Missing court dates can get a defendant thrown in jail while malicious parties can easily obtain those dates and know when their victims won’t be at home for hours as these courts take up to half a day to dispense their cases. The process is the punishment.

[@americanfreedom6417]

Serve the court proper notice you know who you are . Do you know who you are ? We have to take as many witnesses as we can to all courts . peaceful yet massive protest for real government is happening . You have to get involved . Learn learn learn and go after them ( real names) lawfully .

[@madmax9051]

Keep up the good work

[@the250mikec]

Good job.

[@MadDog_Barks]

WOW! We need the good people of IJ to protects us from our own government. Thank god IJ decided to help this poor lady.

[@ricknelson3607]

It would be nice to have conclusions and detail not just hearsay.

[@tonywright4361]

The Enviornmental court has no conistiutioinal basis and must if it is a court folow rules and laws. Oyther wise the city and other governemtns should be made to pay for all expenses and penaltites

[@redtheyowiehunter5666]

I like your videos but when you said dude was thrown in jail for 20 days then switch to the lady . She was smiling. How disgusting to smile when this is horrific

[@2Truth4Liberty]

Video editing can't reflect reality exactly. She may not have even absorbed the information yet or been smiling for some other reason.

[@shirley9066]

GOD WATCHING!

[@mikebrown1796]

Just like that Business Owner they killed in Ada, Oklahoma and the County Judge lives in his home and Sheriff denied records release!

[@jenisbetzke6228]

In a republic and the other nations that see themselves as democracies the word "government" MUST be outlawed. Simply to remind those that We, the people elect as OUR representatives do not forget that they serve us and are not ruling us. Governing, to govern us is not their job. A side issue maybe, but not to be underestimated imho!

[@Fireatank]

Why ethics and integrity have lost to greed.

[@brada1803]

Sounds like how CA. Special Districts and how they operate with out consequences

[@shayhoulihan4391]

Shay checking in from dublin Ireland thank you ❤❤❤❤❤❤❤

[@naaneetokorua6669]

What was so funny to cause the interviewer to laugh at 14.17?

[@shirley9066]

She was enjoying the suffering of others!

[@lucymiller6616]

People need to realize, most times they require your signature saying that you comply. Read everything, sign nothing....

[@mikelafleur1760]

Imminent domain is bullshit , they done the same thing to this lady in Dayton Texas. , because they wanted to put a school in that area

[@LadyAdakStillStands]

A shelter for a human being is a God given need - like air, water, food - necessary for basic survival. Those very needs that a human requires to survive are not protected but regulated at the highest levels.

[@robertthompson6066]

Help Save America Don't VOTE for Lawyers.