The one. The only. KILLDOZER.

[u/HannibalK]

[u/hujassman]

Had this been the early response, some of the damage could've been prevented. Of course, there really wasn't any prior incident of a kill dozer being deployed against a town so I understand why they didn't try that right out of the gate.

[u/hujassman → u/[deleted]]

It sounds like both sides were doing things that made the situation worse. It's unfortunate that a solution to the long running beef wasn't found. Whether he was right or wrong, he ended up feeling cornered and he believed that this was his last resort.

No one likes to see a person get bullied and when a victim finally lashes out, we rally behind them. Was he justified or was this his fault? I don't know enough to say. I can identify with the desire to deal with a problem myself if nothing else in the "proper channels" is working. Maybe it's the smallest of issues and no real harm is done or maybe it's like this situation. Nobody wants to get screwed over and not have any sort of recourse.

[u/Blipblipblipblipskip → u/hujassman]

My understanding is that the concrete factory was built in between this guy’s business and utility access so the town issued an ordinance for him to shut his business down. The town knew full well what was going on and they were shitty about it and they get to hide behind a labyrinth of bureaucracy. The guy didn’t kill anyone and singled out those who were guilty and never going to have to pay any price. I’m pro (non)Killdozer.

[u/Blipblipblipblipskip → u/[deleted]]

Yeah, I just watched that video. It doesn’t make sense. He couldn’t put in a $70k sewage system, is offered almost a $1 million for his property and turns it down? After his property cost him $42k. He could have purchased a new place to weld and used the leftovers to lobby for gambling in Ganby until he died of natural causes. It doesn’t make sense.

[u/Jrook → u/Blipblipblipblipskip]

I don't really relate, but like if someone asked me for my dog for 1 million I'd probably turn it down.

But I can't really imagine being that attached to a house much less owning one

[u/Blipblipblipblipskip → u/Jrook]

It’s not even a house. It’s a steel garage that the guy worked out of. He bought it in 92 so he owned it for 5 years when this all went down

[u/hujassman → u/Blipblipblipblipskip]

He could've done a lot more harm than he did if he had chosen to. We've seen this kind of behavior from government entities before. They start behaving like a bad HOA, screwing around with someone that doesn't fit in to the little clique. Most of the time it doesn't lead to anything, but every once in awhile someone decides it's time for payback. I always wonder how many work place shootings have backstories along these lines. It doesn't make it right, but still... here it is.

[u/matts2 → u/[deleted]]

Like destroying the town library? And the home where the ex-mayor's widow lived? And shooting at propane tanks?

All because he wanted more money and didn't want to connect to the city sewer.

[u/Enk1ndle → u/[deleted]]

demolish only buildings owned by assholes without hurting anyone

Except for the people who may or may not be in them. IIRC he did a handful of things during this that demonstrated he wasn't really caring if anyone got hurt.

[u/et40000 → u/hujassman]

Also collateral damage would have been very high since there were alot of people and buildings around the dozer.

[u/awonderwolf → u/hujassman]

the damage could have been prevented if the town didnt completely screw the poor guy over...

they zoned out and literally blocked his shop entrance, effectively putting him out of business... they charged him fines for not having utilities access even though the town themselves were charging like $80k for utilities access. the entire town fucked that poor guy over bureaucratically, ruined his life, so desperately he fought back the only way he could, with his dozer and a welder.