Not to mention in MODERN US history...
Talgrath
Talgrath
Don’t forget the 20th century too!
I was going to say “BASICALLY”?
They were literal strikebreakers and antiunion Wild West Blackwater.
That was actually on their business cards.
Can we sue them back as the people for damages for all the grief they’ve caused back in the 19th century?
Rockstar will make this go away by guaranteeing that they will hire Pinkertons to massacre their workers when the unionization drive starts.
And everyone will start asking why Securitas is keeping that shitty brand alive.
They should replace all “Pinkerton” references with “Securitas AB” just to remove all doubt.
This is not going to go well for Securitas. At best, it’s only going to create a Streisand Effect for the game (which sounds improbable, but not impossible). At worst, the judge will throw the suit out, Securitas will take a hit financially because they picked an incredibly stupid hill to die on, AND there will be a…
American police departments would have a better chance at suing Rockstar for being depicted in GTA than the Pinkertons have against Red Dead Redemption. If they win any money over this I’m suing them for what they did to Arthur and John!
She probably signed the lease and then never paid a month of rent. In most big cities, it takes six months to legally evict a non-paying tenant. When her time was up, she made up the mold story.
Like, it’s pretty well known that the Pinkerton’s were corrupt assholes who were basically hired thugs for wealthy businessmen to intimidate workers and prevent from unionizing.
George Carlin said it best: “Think of how stupid the average person is, and realize half of them are stupider than that.”
The thing is, Republicans respect The Grift. AOC thinks a person should be able to do honest work and get a livable wage. Republicans think that’s for suckers. The grift Owens pulled isn’t “fiscally irresponsible”, it’s “smart”. Remember
No, really? A black woman who supports Trump?
In fairness AOC does inside the conservative punditry’s heads.
“...rented a $3,500 a month apartment, then lived there for 6 months rent-free...”