What the Hell Just Happened on MSNBC and CNN?

[TorchTheWitch]

89. the landlord's actions were ILLEGAL

The landlord THEMSELVES had no legal right to enter the premises and go through any of the personal belongings of the next of kin - who is a BABY and entirely innocent of anything. There is a legal process that EVERY state in the union has concerning the security and removal from the premises the personal affects of the tenant ESPECIALLY when that tenant/s is deceased. The ONLY legal reason a property owner is permitted into a rented dwelling is in the case of an emergency such as a broken water pipe, and the only people that are permitted into the dwelling is whatever professionals are required to deal with whatever the emergency is, and NO ONE save law enforcement is permitted to go through or use or whatever any of the personal property of the deceased tenant/s as that personal property IMMEDIATELY becomes the personal property of someone ELSE. Breaching the lease - even absolute breach such as non-payment of rent - NEVER permits the property owner to do what the hell they like with the personal items in the dwelling that became the legal property of someone else immediately upon the demise of the tenants. No, the landlord's actions were not just stupid, they were ILLEGAL, and the entrance and handling of the personal affects inside that apartment by the media or anyone else were also illegal.

If the police had already investigated the apartment and it's affects and released it then why on earth is the media complaining that the police didn't secure the apartment from THEM to keep THEM from doing exactly what they DID? I think you are mistaken that it was released as a crime scene. Or - once again - the media is blaming someone else for THEIR outrageous behavior. Breach of the lease or not, the landlord had no legal right to open that apartment and enter it THEMSELVES much less give unhindered access to the media and who knows who else to riffle through the personal affects inside that dwelling that was the legal property of the next of kin.

Seeing as I'm currently embroiled in a legal battle with a previous scumlord who thought she could do what the hell she liked with my personal possessions that she wouldn't permit me access to DESPITE what the law required, I have a chip on my shoulder about despicable landlords and the disgusting flouting of the law that they do that causes immense harm to tenants.