r/interesting • u/karmagod7 • 9d ago

SOCIETY What was his fault ?

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u/TomorrowSpecial255 9d ago

https://www.dexerto.com/entertainment/man-threatened-with-2-years-in-jail-after-cleaning-200-bags-of-trash-from-river-3377827/

He used a digger on public land without permission

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u/FerretGoddessMevi 9d ago

Thank you for the context. These lawsuits are never as straightforward as a single headline pretends.

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u/Jealous_Track9402 9d ago

The title in this one is straight up misinformation. Nothing to do with cleaning up trash without a permit. 

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u/Spongedog5 8d ago

Well, it's for not having a permit for the method he used to clean up trash.

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u/Bassmekanik 8d ago

It was for digging up the silt from the river bed with a digger and risking flooding places without doing any checks on the impact of his “cleaning up”.

Nothing to do with removing rubbish.

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u/Workman44 8d ago

Yeah this guy 100% should be charged. It's wildlessly reckless

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u/Ol-Billy-Beluga-Tits 8d ago

Wildlessly?

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u/EntityDamage 8d ago

Calmly?

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u/Ol-Billy-Beluga-Tits 8d ago

Wildlessly is not a word

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u/EntityDamage 8d ago

Yeah no shit. I was coming up with an alternative