Holder limits seized-asset sharing process that split billions with local, state police

Washington Post ^ | 16 Jan 2015 | Robert O'Harrow Jr., Sari Horwitz and Steven Rich

[oblomov]

Did pigs sprout wings while I was at work today? I agree with this wholeheartedly!

[El Cid]

Did pigs sprout wings while I was at work today? I agree with this wholeheartedly!

Knowing the character of the person involved, and knowing the source of this news (Washington comPost), I'm thinking there is more involved. I.e., Eric Holder bans local police from seizing assets so the Federal Gestapo can get first dibs.

[TheThirdRuffian]

He doesn’t want the competition stealing.

[Secret Agent Man]

I doubt it changes much. As noted states have their own civil asset forfeiture laws and most if not all, don’t need to do it under a federal law.

They are doing this to downplay objections to Holder’s replacement in waiting, who made her career doing civil asset forfeiture. She oversaw 900 million under civil asset seizures.

[aMorePerfectUnion]

Why is the whole administration ruling by fiat?
Why isn’t the republican oligarchy doing anything??

[MileHi]

Attorney General Eric H. Holder Jr. on Friday barred local and state police from using federal law to seize cash, cars and other property without proving that a crime occurred.

Holder’s decision allows some limited exceptions, including illegal firearms, ammunition

So there's that.

[Ken H]

Why isn’t the republican oligarchy doing anything??

You want republicans to defend asset seizure???

[Georgia Girl 2]

What did Holder get Alzheimer’s or something?

[Paladin2]

Eric H0lder, Federal Dick, .........

[DannyTN]

"Did pigs sprout wings while I was at work today? I agree with this wholeheartedly!"

I'm thinking the same thing!!! Holder actually did something right.

[SargeK]

Methinks you are correct. Still, this is a good thing, regardless of the motivation. But it doesn’t go nearly far enough.

What galls me is that the gutless Supremes haven’t reined this in already. It is a corrupt practice to seize property absent a preponderance of evidence that the property was the fruit of a crime, converted from the fruit of a crime or directly and knowingly used by its owner in the commission or facilitation of crime.

This BS of seizing grandma’s house because the grandson sold a bag of weed out of his car while parked in the driveway needed to be stopped long ago.

[Star Traveler]

Well, well ... one thing I back him on! I would have never thought this would happen.

[SunkenCiv]

What’s Holder’s FR nick?

[Bubba Ho-Tep]

What galls me is that the gutless Supremes haven’t reined this in already.

Just about every time it's come before the court, the conservative justices have supported the practice. Law and order, don'tcha know.

[Bubba Ho-Tep]

What galls me is that the gutless Supremes haven’t reined this in already.

Just about every time it's come before the court, the conservative justices have supported the practice. Law and order, don'tcha know.

[aMorePerfectUnion]

“You want republicans to defend asset seizure???

No. I want them to insist that the administration act within the law instead of by fiat.

[Bubba Ho-Tep]

Sorry about the double.

[Ken H]

No. I want them to insist that the administration act within the law instead of by fiat.

You think asset seizure is within the Fourth and Fifth Amendments?

[Vaquero]

Why isn’t the republican oligarchy doing anythiing??

They are busy fighting tooth and nail .....

.....against conservative republicans

[HiTech RedNeck]

One set of emperors balancing out another set of emperors