Tenants Tell What It’s Like Renting from an Uncaring Landlord

This story was told from the perspective of an 18-year-old juror. A landlord was suing a former tenant for a new carpet, a freaking ice cube tray, and other random objects. The tenant was African American (this will be important later) and had lived there for 15 years. This didn’t deter them from trying to make a dishonest buck from the guy.

It turned out that the former tenant had gone to law school and was representing himself. He proved that the apartment’s manager and his cronies had a racial bias. They assumed that the predominately white jury would “stick with their own.” They gambled and lost a lot.