"This is the practice of "law enforcement" to
seize drugs, money, vehicles, and anything else related to the trafficking of drugs without charging the owner of the property with a crime.
It becomes the responsibility of the person whose property was seized to prove that their property is “innocent”. One can just imagine a bulb lighting up in the mind of a Drug Warrior when attempting to cook up another method of fighting the Drug War:
“hey, why don’t we just TAKE their stuff?” And take stuff they did. According to this report by the Institute for
Justice,
from the time the Assets Forfeiture Fund was created in
1984 to 2008, deposited funds have exploded to $1 billion in net forfeitures. The names of civil asset forfeiture cases are bizarre, and a person with a functioning sense of morality and justice can smell a rat a mile off. Names such as “United States vs. $10,500 in US currency” are typical of civil forfeiture cases, and many of those who fall victim to this practice rarely have the resources to prove their property innocent.
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"Policing" is Big Busine$$", they don't want us looking too closely!
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Topic: Nebraska Law Ends “Policing for Profit” Via Asset Forfeiture (Read 2332 times)