Posted on 08/07/2016 7:32:35 AM PDT by MtnClimber
Republican political consultant Mike Madrid isn't used to getting calls from the ACLU, and yet he has found himself working with the civil liberties group because some practices are so egregious that Republicans and Democrats should have no trouble finding common cause. The issue is civil asset forfeiture -- also known as "policing for profit." The federal government can seize your property, and the only way you can get it back is to prove you are not guilty of a crime. California law prohibits local authorities from permanently seizing most property without a conviction, but there's a loophole in the law -- called "equitable sharing." Local police can seize your property, hand jurisdiction over the feds, and get rewarded with up to 80 percent of the goodies even if prosecutors fail to convict -- or even charge -- an offender.
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Just because it is the government doing it doesn’t mean it is not stealing.
Just because one’s motives may temporarily align themselves with the Devil’s Due doesn’t meant the ACLU won’t betray you or your freedoms. They certainly won’t do what they do for Constitutions’ sake. The purpose of the ACLU isn’t freedom; it is about retribution, punishment and meddling.
This is something everybody should/could get behind. It sure makes my blood boil.
Ah, the old Surrender and Regrant. This is what the Tudors did to my Irish ancestors to turn them from proud native earls into shamefaced groveling serfs.
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