Friends, Romans, Libertarians! Lend us your ears!

A military veteran from Huntsville, Alabama is embroiled in a fight with his hometown after they refused to let him live within the city limits without buying/connecting into the municipal utilities. In other words, Tyler Truitt wanted to live “off the grid” with his girlfriend Soraya Hamar, and the town basically said “no”.

According to the town officials, that’s simply not allowed. So they lawyered up and filed a suit against Truitt claiming that they’re self-sufficient lifestyle was dangerous.

The couple retorted, and declared that they’d happily be arrested before they forced to leave their land.

More from 48 WAFF:

“We live out here off the grid, 100 percent self-sustaining,” Truitt said. “So I basically made all my utilities: I have my solar panels, I have my rainwater collection and stuff.”

The city doesn’t see that as a good thing.

“They say our house is a trailer, which is not allowed in city limits,” Truitt said.

City officials also took issue with Truitt’s off-the-grid lifestyle.

“They came and they condemned our house and told us if we stayed here we’d be arrested for trespassing on our own property, and the reason why is, they said, it was unsafe living conditions because we don’t have city utilities hooked up,” Truitt explained.

The former military member says he just wants the freedoms he swore he’d protect.

“I took an oath that I would support and defend the constitution and the freedoms that entails, and I really feel like those are being trampled upon,” Truitt said.

Truitt is prepared to fight for his property. “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 and, you know, 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?”