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(NewsNation) — Georgia is cracking down connected squatters, fed up with radical ignoring spot laws.
Fulton County marshals raided a 15,000-square-foot mansion successful Atlanta connected Wednesday aft a radical of squatters showed signs they perchance identified arsenic "sovereign citizens," radical who judge they are exempt from U.S. law.
They allegedly showed up to the property, acceptable up campy and dared anyone to region them.
The video of the raid was posted to societal media by the marshal's office. In the video, heavy equipped officers swept done the mansion during the aboriginal greeting raid. At 1 point, officers adjacent utilized a drone to guarantee the country was secure.
NewsNation reached retired to the Fulton County Marshal’s Department for remark but has yet to perceive back.
In July, the Georgia Squatter Reform Act was enacted, stating that squatters caught wrong a location volition present beryllium cited and fixed 3 days to contiguous a lease. If they can't bash so, oregon the lease is recovered to beryllium a forgery, a misdemeanor complaint instantly becomes a felony.
The caller instrumentality besides states that it doesn't person to beryllium the spot proprietor who reports the squatters, meaning it could beryllium a neighbour oregon a homeowners relation subordinate who calls the police.
