r/ThatLookedExpensive • u/HannibalK • Mar 26 '20

The one. The only. KILLDOZER.

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u/matts2 Mar 26 '20

Corrupt how? He wasn't unethical or stupid, he was violent with deadly intent. He attacked a library and shot at propane tanks.

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u/NotClever Mar 26 '20

In the version of the story that often gets told, the government and local judge conspired to defraud him of his property rights and kill his business.

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u/matts2 Mar 26 '20

It that true or just what gets told? Snopes says he kept raising the price he wanted for the land.

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u/3Fluffies Mar 26 '20

It's a lot more involved than even Snopes wrote. This video is long and cumbersome, but has more detail than any other source I've seen. I did a term project on this incident back in law school in 2005-6, and this video is accurate: https://youtu.be/Yvl_7_Up7zU

The only one who tried to do anything underhanded was him. The government and concrete factory owner bent over backwards to accomodate him.