You are espousing a decent position, which I would agree with but, you seem wholly uninformed on this subject.
Asset forfeiture laws are civil and leave little recourse for those objecting to a practice that violates the 4th.
They take stuff and simply declare it as “ill gotten”.
If it’s “ill gotten” then prove it in a court of law.
Asset forfeiture enables the to forgo due process, with no money spent to defend their claim.
But .. I’m not talking about police units just walking into a neighborhood and taking someone’s home and cars.
I’m talking about DRUG MONEY. It’s all cash .. it has no markings of where it came from. When a drug bust is made, aside from drugs, there is always CASH. That is what I’m talking about.
Many times, there could be up to a few thousand to maybe a few million.
I see no reason for those CASH DOLLARS not to be utilized by police units .. to have better equipment in order to find more of the drug runners coming into America.
It isn’t STUFF - it’s CASH. Get it!!!!!
In my own city, a monumental drug bust captured a helicopter which the drug people owned. After they were convicted, the helicopter was given to the police unit which made the drug bust. It flies over my apartment almost every day; it’s hangar is located just a few miles away. That piece of equipment has been a really great addition to our police dept.
How about losing the condescending attitude. I know exactly what I’m talking about .. and you’re the one who is confusing CASH from a drug bust with illegally appropriating physical property (usually from a cabinet dept police enforcement unit). These people are not real cops - these people are used to intimidate the public.