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  • How to keep the DEA from taking all your cash

    05/15/2015 9:13:01 AM PDT · by Second Amendment First · 70 replies
    Washington Post ^ | May 14, 2015 | Christopher Ingraham
    Joseph Rivers was never convicted of a crime. He was never charged with one, or even officially detained. But that didn't stop the Drug Enforcement Administration from taking his life savings away under civil asset forfeiture, the highly controversial practice that allows law enforcement officers to take property from people whom they never even charge with a crime. I spoke with Rivers's attorney, Michael Pancer of San Diego, about the case yesterday. He said the situation Rivers got caught up in -- where federal agents boarded a train and started asking people questions like "who are you?" and "where are...