Augusta, GA — Nothing dismantles the notion of Land of the Free quite like the government kidnapping and caging you for building an addition to your home on your own property. Amy McKinnon is learning the hard way after she was thrown in jail this month for building an addition for her sick mother without going through the proper extortion channels of the state.

Sadly, her neighbors and the media are actually praising this nonsense as if McKinnon is some kind of criminal.

"Nobody in their right mind would buy something next to a monstrosity like this," neighbor Don Gilmore told FOX 8 News.  "Obviously, it's an eyesore and it sticks out because it doesn't belong here."

Don is referring to the addition in McKinnon's backyard that is on her own property and behind a fence.

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McKinnon was arrested because her building size exceeded that of the permit she was forced to acquire through the city.

Code enforcement officials say McKinnon was initially approved for a 562ft2 gazebo, according to FOX 8. However, according to officials, McKinnon's structure was more than just a gazebo.

"It was between the end of the first phase being approved and the second phase being approved that the inspectors found that this was not at 562ft2 home," Code Enforcement Manager Terrence Wynder said.

McKinnon, who actually went through the proper channels of extortion and permission to build a structure on her own property, felt she was acting within the confines of the law.

As FOX 8 reports, according to documents from the planning and zoning board meeting, McKinnon said she was told by an inspector that as long as she connected the new structure to her current home, it would be fine. So she decided to go bigger in order to move her sick mother in.