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Jacson6

(1,460 posts)
Fri Jul 25, 2025, 07:14 AM Friday

Police HANDCUFFED Me for Mowing Veteran's Lawn for FREE!

Hey you! Get out of here NOW!" 🚔

That's what the cop screamed at me while I was helping this 79-year-old VETERAN cut his overgrown lawn for FREE! 😡

This hero served our country and now lives on a fixed income. His yard was so overgrown he couldn't even see his mailbox! 🏠

So I grabbed my equipment and got to work... FOR FREE! 💪

But then the police showed up and said I was "TRESPASSING"!

They put me in HANDCUFFS and wrote me a citation! 🤬

For helping a VETERAN! Can you believe this?!

Well guess what... I'M GOING BACK! This veteran deserves better! 🇺🇸


https://www.youtube.com/shorts/_5aQZNPHr3Y

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Bengus81

(9,079 posts)
1. OK...You have these lawn mowing guys on YT who mow for em "free" but most of them never have
Fri Jul 25, 2025, 07:56 AM
Friday

permission to be on a certain property. If this guy was in touch with the Veteran and he agreed to the mowing then it seems that could have been resolved then and there.

Bengus81

(9,079 posts)
5. A little bit of it but I've seen countless people on YT that mow for "free"
Fri Jul 25, 2025, 10:36 AM
Friday

They want to do the right thing but don't have permission. If this one was fake it doesn't change the facts.

I've seen vids of many mowing guys chased off of properties and that's not AI or faked. Someone is going to get hurt badly one day.

Bengus81

(9,079 posts)
7. If it's fake then it's fake but in one way it is real. These mowing guys are going on overgrown property
Fri Jul 25, 2025, 10:42 AM
Friday

for REAL without permission and making vids for YT.

Maybe if I hadn't seen so many vids where this scenario happened for real I would have thought it was fake.

stopdiggin

(14,101 posts)
8. You seem to be doubling down in support of a youtube video
Sat Jul 26, 2025, 01:25 AM
Saturday

While others in this thread are expression real reservation.
Do YOU have personal knowledge of the particulars involving this case (or cases)?

And, no - you CANNOT go on to other people's property and just start 'cleaning it up', without have specific permission. This has less to do with veterans - and a lot more to do with trespass and permission. SOMEBODY is telling the cops that these guys don't HAVE that permission.

GarColga

(159 posts)
3. That video is a conglomeration of content
Fri Jul 25, 2025, 09:04 AM
Friday

stolen from a few different YouTube channels. It is a made-up story.

WA-03 Democrat

(3,305 posts)
4. 100% correct
Fri Jul 25, 2025, 09:35 AM
Friday

Lawn mower mash up with a couple of cops barking at a guy who never appears again in the video. In 2 years with AI - not sure we will be able to do this.

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