Police storm neighborhood with snipers and a tank to evict old lady

Details are still emerging, but so far, it appears that the hours long standoff began this morning when a 62-year old woman refused to be ejected from the home she had owned and paid taxes on for more than 20 years. Word has it that her child died many years ago, and that her husband left more recently. Last year the home was sold at auction for delinquent taxes. So basically, what we saw today, was the henchman swarm in on a little old lady who couldn't afford to pay her “protection” fee any longer. God fuckin bless America.

Police standoff in Hyde Park ends, woman in custody

HYDE PARK — A five-hour standoff between police and a woman inside a house on Morris Drive has come to an end with the woman in custody, police said.

The ordeal began shortly after 9 a.m. when deputies from the Dutchess County Sheriff's Office attempted to serve an eviction order to 62-year-old Constance Palmer. According to police, Palmer refused to come out and pointed a weapon through a window.

Palmer peacefully surrendered to police at 2:44 p.m. A BB gun was recovered at the home. No one was injured in the standoff.

Palmer was charged with menacing a police officer, a felony. She was sent to Dutchess County Jail on $25,000 cash bail or $50,000 bond. She was scheduled to appear in Town of Hyde Park Court at a later date.

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This story also reminded me of an event back in 2009 when a Missouri grandmother was unlawfully evicted from a home she owned outright, and charged with trespassing on her own property...