Ethics of eviction personal property grab

[Lamplighter]

Originally Posted by glatt

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... It's on the curb. It is legally trash. The tenant has a beef with the landlord, and has presumably been properly notified that they are in arrears, and that they risk eviction, and yet they did nothing to prevent this. The ethics are all clear. The rules have been followed. Everyone had their eyes open. No trickery. Everything is ethical..

I disagree...

"It's on the curb" - True enough
For all the rest, it's an assumption.

If it's a legal eviction, it would be under the direction and authority of the Sheriff,
or whoever is the legal authority, to remove the contents
acting under the orders of a court.
Such a removal could not be declared as trash by the Sheriff.
For someone to take it from the curb, just might be seen as stealing.

How do we know it's not just a emotional Landlord waiting for the tenant to be at work, and hiring laborers to do his dirty work ?