Loletha Hale ended up in a Georgia jail after trying to remove a squatter from her house. It took almost four months, but in November, Hale finally got a court to rule that Sakemeyia Johnson was squatting in her house. Hale said she thought that meant Johnson would be evicted, so she was surprised to find her still living in the house. It turns out Hale still needs a writ of possession, which the judge has yet to sign, to evict her. But seeing Johnson in the house, Hale tried to remove the squatter herself. Johnson called 911, and Clayton County deputies arrested Hale for attempting an illegal eviction. One deputy who responded to the call can be heard on bodycam video telling Hale, “Just think of it from this perspective, though. Everybody isn’t as fortunate as you to have a bed. All the little things, a bed in their house, food in the kitchen.”
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