Tyler Truitt lives with his girlfriend on his private, two-acre property in Huntsville, Alabama. They live a “self-sustaining” lifestyle with a trailer, solar panels, and a rainwater system and are not connected to any utilities. The city has condemned his home and threatened arrest if they remain on the property in its current condition.
“We live out here off the grid, 100 percent self-sustaining,” the military vet explained. “So I basically made all my utilities. I have my solar panels, I have my rainwater collection and stuff.”
In response to the threats leveled by the city, Truitt said: “You have to stand up for what you believe in. They could come out here today if they wanted to and take us to jail for trespassing, if that’s what they want to call it… that’d be fine with me. I’ll still come back the next day and the next day and the next day because it’s my home and because I live here. Where else am I supposed to go, really?”
Truitt explains that he took an oath to defend the Constitution and freedom and now feels like his are being trampled. “Give people the most liberty and personal liberty you can afford to give them without infringing on other people’s rights,” he said. “I just don’t see how we’re hurting anyone by being here.”
