Ensuring their childrens safety. The lawsuit pits neighbor against neighbor making this quiet culdesac into a legal battleground and lightning rod for advocates for people with autism. That was or last resort. We couldnt sit by and watch it continue. Reporter robert flowers is one of the people who sued who describes the neighbor as a public nuisance. He agreed to talk with us but asked we not show his face because of public backlash. He said he filed the lawsuit not to discriminate against the disabled but in an effort to protect his own children and others who had been attacked by the boy. A neighbor boy who has continually attacked small children including our own culminating in a brutal and vicious attack on my sons fourth birthday. Reporter but advocates for people with autism say the lawsuit is meanspirited and misguided and believe there could and should have been a solution other than dragging the boys family into court. As a parents of a child with special needs, youre kind of
Landlord threatened to call i. C. E. To deport them. [ crying ] the children start to crying as soon as they see him because they afraid to see him. Reporter the childrens teachers and Community Organizers are stepping in. I think theres a cultural right now building of landlords from hell. This is a extreme and tremendously frightening case. Reporter Oakland Police are investigating the attack on the 3yearold but say its unlikely the District Attorney will press charges against the landlord. How do you prove intend . How do you prove that it was purposely planned this way . Reporter we went to the landlords house even called him on his cell phone to try to get his side of the story. He had no comment. The family, theres not a lot they can do. So they are going to move. Live in oakland, da lin, kpix 5. The landlord gave the family a 30day eviction notice. They are look firing new place firefighters battling the valley fire will be keeping an eye on the weather this weekend. The forecas