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Why bother robbing anyone when you can just trespass on unsafe-looking property and sue?

I don't know. Are you volunteering to have a roof collapse on top of you in the hope of successfully suing the property owner? I'm not.

No, I think that would still be ethically a form of robbery, even if legally it's not.

I've heard of a copper thief successfully suing a power company for his injuries while cracking into a hot transformer.

I'd presume that trespass would apply to this situation, although it would not likely invalidate the lawsuit outright.

That's the thing. As a public school, at least in our area, you're allowed to be on the grounds when the school isn't open. You just can't go inside.

I once was ticketed for being at a park after sunset in our town. The cop explained to my friends and I that if we had just been across the street at the elementary school then it wouldn't have been a problem.