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.
He doesn’t want the competition stealing.
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.
Why is the whole administration ruling by fiat?
Why isn’t the republican oligarchy doing anything??
Holder’s decision allows some limited exceptions, including illegal firearms, ammunition
So there's that.
What did Holder get Alzheimer’s or something?
Eric H0lder, Federal Dick, .........
Well, well ... one thing I back him on! I would have never thought this would happen.
Me too. What is the catch? THe Feds want it all? A warning from the SCOTUS?
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.
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No problem. Local officials will charge Juan with any number of phony-baloney (or even real) charges. They will be STATE charges. Not federal.
He’ll plea bargain out with no time served - oh on just one condition....
The 40 large they found in his trunk? Stays seized by the LEO’s.
Honestly, I don’t see where Holder is changing a thing. He’s playing the shell game here.
Mail him at ecampaign@gop.com.
can’t have others trying to get this and so he bans local and state but the feds can do it.
This is yet another instance where he is trying to get rid of state and local laws while getting the feds more power.
You can no longer use the word “pigs”, “bacon”, or “pork” when referring to Herr Holder. However, after a long and diligent search, I have come up with a good alternative - SWINE!
Wait until Obama and Holder find out about this new word. They will immediately ban its use as offensive to Moslems, meaning themselves.
Je Suis Charlie!!!
I’ll be d_mned! Something I actually agree with him on!
Whaaaaaat?
Did I wake up in the twilight zone?
All I’ve got to say about this, is don’t tread on me. I’m an older man, therefore I can inflict more pain on a younger man than he can on me... And I have less to loose.
First you give them the heroin, let them get addicted, then you take it away.
They got all the lower levels of LE to out grow their local funding, now every state and local law enforcement organization will be supporting the bigger federal government candidates, so they can get federal grants from higher federal taxes.
We lose again.
Wow, broken clock effect in action! Given the odds the past 6 years, it’s about time he got one right.
Yeah. It’s probably a way to get alphabet agencies more incentive to terrorize Americans.
When an evil person does something that is agreeable to you, he usually has ulterior motives.