[Still Thinking]

The city attorney of Las Cruces says increasingly broad interpretations of civil forfeiture laws could be “a gold mine” for authorities across the country to seize things such as expensive cars and even people’s homes. But his remarks during a seminar filled with local government and law enforcement officials — made with an amiable bemusement that bordered on glee

I predict a sharp increase in the price of rope.

[Bayard]

If only that wasn’t just talk. There might actually be reform.

[george76]

Loretta E. Lynch : the AG Nominee seized $904 Million in Private Property through Civil Asset Forfeiture in Fiscal Year 2013. ... policing for profit.

http://www.brooklyneagle.com/articles/us-attorney%E2%80%99s-office-eastern-district-ny-joins-over-22b-civil-criminal-actions-forefeitures