"People may not always understand why, but an armored vehicle is almost a necessity now," Bean said.

that is because they are thieves. $500 a day penalties. This man had to pay $80k to the city. King John shaking down the peasants

You no longer own property, you are just paying the taxes as rent. This infuriates me... Who has that much money sitting around. They stole his retirement fund and think it's just fine to do so. This is what our government has become..and it is only going to get worse.. :-(

This wasn't about a danger to the community.
It's about aesthetics.
His property use wasn't pretty enough for someone and they wanted him to be punished for his supposed lack of good taste.
How DARE he stack up pallets on his property within sight of my easily offended eyes!
That is a great reason to attack him with a tank.
The weapons of mass destruction have been found at last. They are in police departments across AmeriKa to enforce unjustified theft of private property through unconstitutional forfeiture.
This is what will cause people to finally awaken, but will it be soon enough?

When the banksters came for the communists,
I remained silent;
I was not a communist.

When they locked up the social democrats,
I remained silent;
I was not a social democrat.

When they came for the trade unionists,
I did not speak out;
I was not a trade unionist.

When they came for the Jews,
I remained silent;
I wasn't a Jew.

When they came for me,
there was no one left to speak out.

Another case of government gone wild. What ever happened to peace officers? I like them a whole lot better when they are you friends instead of trying to catch you doing something wrong.

In transit across Wisconsin, I've passed this property at least 100 times. It is not visible from Highway 29. There are no residents across the street to"view" the clutter. Reference any satellite view of Packer Drive. I'm wondering what the "municipality" is doing regarding the two adjacent properties to the west of Hoeppner's. This has all the earmarks of a tin-pot-buerocrat vendetta.

My Grandpa who was fluent in 4 languages, was amused by the syntax of a true event that his father told him about the 80 year old Jew who refused to move out of his apartment that was being confiscated in WW1 Lublin, Poland. His wife who had put up with his stubbornness for over 50 years, slapped his face and said, "Yakoff, up the street the soldiers, they are coming down." To illustrate totalitarianism, our family as often used and re-used that phrase. And so, in the small town of Stettin, I can only say, Watch out! Up the street, the soldiers they are coming down.

I'm less pissed about the MRAP than I am about the asinine actions of the city in claiming that this guy has to abide by their BS rules on his own private property

When the police are militarized to this extent the distinction is virtually non existent. So much for Posse Comitatus... One of the enumerated reasons for starting the revolution was the abhorrence of standing armies among the people.
When a couple of policeman could pick up the man quietly when he goes to his mail box, or off the street when shopping, they choose to come in with olive drab armored vehicles, military style garb, weapons and tactics ... All the better to intimidate the rest of the populace.

That must be one of those light-armored vehicles the Pentagon has been parceling out to police departments and sheriff's offices everywhere.

The job of government is protecting individuals against force and fraud.
When government is the source of force and fraud ...particularly in violation of individual property rights, then the government has become the primary criminal element in our lives.

Holy Hell! "He also said what while Hoeppner was never considered dangerous, he was known to be argumentative." Is being "argumentative" against the law? Isn't the covered under the 1st Amendment? These "authorities" are OUT of control. Leave people and their property ALONE. This is gestapo style shit.. picking on old people. omg. Can't imagine why he might want to argue about what they're doing to him.

Let me rephrase a section of this article

People don't understand it but the use of overwhelming force is almost a necessity these days.

Yes a light tank is bit overwhelming against a 70 year old man that wont leave his house. Guess he would like his house to not be knocked over by his government that exists to "protect and serve" him. Well not him just those that agree with and will pretend civility with them.

When I saw this I immediately thought about posting it too. This is a tiny town. If you blink while driving you will miss it. What is a little town like this needing a armored vehicle? Whith that said keep in mind that the man's yard in a subdivision looks like crap with old wooden pallets stacked high all over the place. It is an eye sore with some of the video I have seen on TV But an armored vehicle to arrest a 75 year old? Is this really needed?

I guess they were afraid the old man might have been grumpy.

it's a hell of a nation where you feel that you have to
cower at home with self-defense weapons, trying to
be ready for whatever the government might threaten
to do ....... where are we headed with this?

the engineer analyzes the ultimate effectiveness
of a design, attempting to ensure that only good
comes of it ... our society is attempting to ensure
that only bad comes of our current design actions. -- j

it is only about the money.