[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.

[Gay State Conservative]

I think I could support civil forfeiture is some situations *if* written into the law was a provision that if a criminal charge connected to the money/thing (drug dealing,for example) wasn't officially filed within 30 days of the seizure then the money/thing is *automatically* returned.

[Paladin2]

Public attorneys, starting with H0lder and going on down are George III’s revenge.

[sergeantdave]

“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.”

This isn’t rocket science. Elect a pro-2nd amendment, constitutional sheriff in your county, and the big city Nazis won’t be seizing anything. The elected sheriff can meet any SWAT team with his SWAT team. (This is happening around the country but is not being reported by the propaganda press,) In addition, an elected sheriff can muster a 2,000 man armed auxiliary deputy force for “emergencies.”

[jsanders2001]

Hmm turn people into criminals and steal their toys so you can have them or sell them and pocket the funds. That sounds like our goverment tax dollars at work all right...

[Boogieman]

Note also, the money is not simply going to the government agencies’ budgets. They are paying bounties to the officers who seize the assets!

[LegendHasIt]

NM Ping (Although I guess most of us heard this already)

[Ken H]

This has been going on for a long time. President George H W Bush, March 05, 1991 =>

"Asset forfeiture laws allow us to take the ill-gotten gains of drug kingpins and use them to put more cops on the streets and more prosecutors in court.

In the last 5 years alone, the Justice Department shared over half a billion dollars in forfeited assets with State and local law enforcement."

http://bushlibrary.tamu.edu/research/public_papers.php?id=2764&year=1991&month=3

[OneWingedShark]

CWII Spark Ping — Yes, it’s another article covering Civil Asset Forfeiture; such thievery does make people angry, angry enough to strike back.

[Vendome]

It’s Wild West Justice...

[TheThirdRuffian]

More gifts from the War on Drugs.

They take your stuff without any sort of judgment.

I thought we had a Constitution.