Posted on 07/24/2015 2:05:44 PM PDT by reaganaut1
One of the most abhorrent current governmental practices is that of civil asset forfeiture. Turning the usual rules of due process of law upside-down, civil asset forfeiture enables local, state, or federal authorities to confiscate money and/or property from individuals merely on suspicion that the property was somehow involved in a criminal activity.
These odious laws should, as I have previously suggested, go the way of the Jim Crow Laws. They’re unfair, easily abused, and incompatible with due process.
Once property has been taken, it is necessary for the owner to go to court and try proving his innocence – or else lose it forever.
Only by enduring what are often protracted and costly legal proceedings can the person recover the seized property. Many innocent people just can’t fight the system and lose out entirely; others settle with the government, getting back a fraction of what was taken from them.
These seizures are highly lucrative for government bodies. Many police forces pad their budgets considerably with the proceeds from asset forfeitures.
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That stuff that is yours, you don’t really own it!
Krap for Law. Nothing in it to help the image of LEOs.
In the absence of mandatory criminal penalties for these sorts of illegal government actions I see no way they can be stopped without exemplary preemptive violence.
Everyone wave at the IRS bastards who will be reading what you post!
The hordes of Stupid people out there ( democrats ) support this sh1t, because for them, the important thing is the people in charge have a little “d” next to their name… so no criticism allowed.
This is one of the main reasons I support an end to the War on Drugs.
Hardly anyone involved with it and the revenue it reaps really wants to win it.
Ding, Ding, Ding! Hello Waco PD!
Don’t be selling motorcycles just yet!
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