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Don’t miss it! The most unforgettable moment of my life! #garden #gardening #lawnmowing #lawncare

How’s it going? Good. How are you? Good. Somebody just called a complaint that you were cleaning up the yard, I’m assuming. Yes. Okay. And uh so he came over and approached me and fine. But uh I the city had told me I think it was okay to come and help them out with abandoned properties. I you in my neighborhood. If I go to your neighborhood and post up with a video camera, I’m going to jail. I didn’t break any laws. I just wanted to help someone who couldn’t afford help. Today I went to mow the lawn for an 80-year-old widow. She lives alone on a fixed income and her front yard had grown wild after weeks of heat and rain. She told me the city had already warned her. Clean it up or get fined. Thing is, she can’t afford to pay the $300 the city charges to cut it. So, I offered to do it for free. I’d barely gotten halfway through when two police cruisers pulled up, lights on, door swinging open. One officer steps out and says, “You need to shut that mower off now.” I was confused. thought maybe they were checking in, but then he told me I was trespassing and under investigation for unauthorized property maintenance. I pointed at the lady standing on her porch, waving frantically. She asked me to help, I said. She gave me permission. They ignored her. One of them told me the yard fell under a municipal code that made it restricted property because of pending fines. The woman kept pleading, trying to explain, but they wouldn’t listen. One officer handcuffed me right there in front of her. Turns out the local department offers a paid lawn service. And if neighbors or charities step in for free, they interfere with city business. I sat in the back of the cruiser watching that poor woman cry on her porch. I wasn’t charged. They let me go later with a warning, but they told me next time it would be a citation for disruption of municipal process. I’m going back this week to finish the job before they find her. Even if it means getting arrested again. If you want to hear what happens next, just type stand up in the comments. [Music]

48 Comments

  6. @DebDanuski

    Why are you using two different videos. The beginning is from Midlife Stockman but the rest is from another video. Don’t think that’s a good thing!

  12. @DavidFennessy-yj7du

    Hasn’t the policeman in the USA got enough to do in trying to stop lunatics shooting people sitting under a gazebo debating with people???

  16. @EdwardChisholm-q8b

    This crazy! We live in a free Country! We can help people if we want to help them! The Municipal code is unconstitutional, should be challenged, they put the elderly woman in a position to either clean up her yard or fined, and they know she is unable to do the work herself or pay the city to mow her yard, this is conspiracy to commit extortion! What kind of laws are being passed in this country that penalize people who are elderly, or disabled!

  23. @jamesmonteverde5538

    Goverrnment has no right to tell what someone does with his/her property. What town is this? This is what happens WHEN GOVERNMENT GETS TOO BIG.

  27. @JamesPuckett-vq9in

    If this is true, send copies of the video to the local news media outlets, the City Council, County Commissioners, and the State Attorney General. Hopefully public outrage and potential legal consequences will get the City’s policies changed for the better.

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