Friday 2 August 2013

SQUATTERS LEGAL NETWORK | a legal support network for squatters

SQUATTERS LEGAL NETWORK | a legal support network for squatters

 

Squatting ≠ Aggravated Trespass

We have recently been made aware of at least three incidents in which occupied buildings were attended by cops who threatened the occupants with arrest and charges of Aggravated Trespass unless they vacate the building.

In most squatting cases, like these three, squatters are not committing Aggravated Trespass. Cops accusing them of committing the offence is tactic that is used against squatters to bully them out of their homes, so we need to be arguing more effectively why the Aggravated Trespass offence does NOT apply to us, and not get threatened out of our buildings. Seeing as bad things always come in threes we thought that it might be useful to take a look at the legislation.

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