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[-] chiliedogg@lemmy.world 35 points 2 days ago

He hasn't been charged with anything, and the issue isn't picking up trach, but dredging the river with heavy equipment and removing silt.

That can have severe unintended consequences. You're changing the speed and flow of a waterway. That's a big deal.

[-] mcv@lemmy.zip 3 points 1 day ago

I don't see anything about heavy equipment. According to the article, it's a creek rather than a full river, but it does claim that the scale of the cleanup could cause a flood risk.

Either way, the real crime is that the authorities never cleaned it up. Authorities failing to do their job will eventually invite people to take matters into their own hand.

[-] chiliedogg@lemmy.world 1 points 18 hours ago

They brought in an excavator.

[-] Captain_Patchy@lemmy.world 3 points 1 day ago

they brought in a backhoe and started digging.

https://youtu.be/Kj9Hvdzu_zw

this post was submitted on 22 Jun 2026
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