While Sgt. James B. Hurley was away at war, he lost a heartbreaking battle at home.
In violation of a law intended to protect active military personnel from creditors, agents of Deutsche Bank foreclosed on his small Michigan house, forcing Sergeant Hurley’s wife, Brandie, and her two young children to move out and find shelter elsewhere.
When the sergeant returned in December 2005, he drove past the densely wooded riverfront property outside Hartford, Mich. The peaceful little home was still there — winter birds still darted over the gazebo he had built near the water’s edge — but it almost certainly would never be his again. Less than two months before his return from the war, the bank’s agents sold the property to a buyer in Chicago for $76,000.
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Bootstraps, Zach. Bootstraps.
It’s not about bootstraps; it’s about following the law.
Not sure what T. is getting at, but I completely agree with Zach. Nice to see Mrs. Patraeus starting up something on this issue. Since this is a federal law concerning military troops, couldn’t the U.S. Attorney General’s office intervene as well?
Considering how I had to deal with people trying to defend the banks and saying this person should have been prepared for it, it was more of a sarcastic comment that he should just GET OVER IT and pick themselves up because they should have seen this coming. Nevermind it’s illegal.
Sadly, I don’t think the attorney general will even look at this case, after all he is a part of the the masses who cheered when we decided to deregulate these poor banks.
Overall, this is just sadly one example of many similar stories that we never hear. I doubt this guy will even get a blink from higher up.