The article says that around 2/3rd of the actions are taken locally without Fed involvement.
The Post found that local and state police routinely pulled over drivers for minor traffic infractions, pressed them to agree to warrantless searches and seized large amounts of cash without evidence of wrongdoing. The law allows such seizures and forces the owners to prove their property was legally acquired in order to get it back.
Police spent the seizure proceeds with little oversight, in some cases buying luxury cars, high-powered weapons and military-grade gear such as armored cars, according to an analysis of Justice Department data obtained through Freedom of Information Act requests.
So the locals can still continue the practice of keeping seized money without a conviction.
Police spent the seizure proceeds with little oversight, in some cases buying luxury cars, high-powered weapons and military-grade gear such as armored cars, according to an analysis of Justice Department data obtained through Freedom of Information Act requests.
Local police department oversight should be done at the local level. It's none of the Feds business.
Meanwhile the Feds (including the IRS) continue to keep seized cash without the requirement of a conviction and that continues with apparently little oversight.
This is what Obama and Holder are striving for. A Federal Police State with no competition or power at the local level.
They don't care about unconstitutional seizures.
Yet we have people here who can say nothing more than "Holder did the right thing".