States that protect squatters encourage vigilante justice

Published May 30, 2026 7:00am ET



When Democrats refuse to promote law and order, they allow criminals to call the shots. When people see that the perverted justice system is working against them, they decide to take matters, and samurai swords, into their own hands.

California’s justice system empowers squatters, low-life homeless or near-homeless people who move themselves into properties they don’t pay for or own. Squatting cases are funneled through California’s slow civil court system, where squatters and soulless lawyers drag out the cases to maximize the damage against the owners, who are the victims. Unlike in, say, Florida, police are powerless to do much of anything. Owners who eventually secure a dragged-out victory often find their properties trashed when they finally regain access, if another squatter hasn’t moved in already.

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