Land grab for developers by local US governement is called Eminent Domain which is happening with alarming frequency.  Tax dollar$$$$$$ are at the heart of this issue.

The left's venomous contempt for private property ownership rights will prove interesting during the next 4 Marxist-US years with the feds owning banks, redistributing assets via taxes and stacking the Supreme Court with activist judges.

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"Beijing orders demolition of leading activist's home

Source Breitbart.com

".......For over a decade, Ni, 47, has been a prominent rights activist and lawyer fighting against government-backed land grabs in central Beijing, one of the city's most sensitive social issues.

As all land belongs to the state in China, local officials enjoy immense powers to determine land-use rights, and critics say residents and farmers are often forcefully evicted in shady deals between the government and developers.

Ni was jailed for a year in 2002 for damaging public property after being arrested at a rally aimed at stopping the demolition of another courtyard home in Beijing.

Dong and rights activists said she was beaten in the 2002 arrest and has since had to walk with a cane due to injuries sustained then. ........"

http://www.breitbart.com/article.php?id=081118073350.9w2uszor&show_article=1