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Alabama couple awarded $1 million for unconstitutional police raid they say left them homeless
AL.com ^ | 02/11/2024 | Heather Gann

Posted on 02/12/2024 12:01:14 PM PST by TexasKamaAina

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To: Reno89519

This win should be followed up with a civil suit against the sheriff to ensure he is personally bankrupted.


21 posted on 02/12/2024 1:04:08 PM PST by zek157 ( )
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To: dinodino
Pigs like these give all cops a bad name.

Exactly true. Power goes to their heads I think. Most cops are good cops, but ones like these hurt the reputation of all cops.

22 posted on 02/12/2024 1:11:37 PM PST by libertylover (Our biggest problem, by far, is that almost all of big media is AGENDA-DRIVEN, not-truth driven.)
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To: gunnut; TexasKamaAina

Yep. Real criminals are let go and law abiding citizens have their lives desyroyed.
To the LEOs who are doing this 🦬💩 and saying “Just doing my job” doesn’t cut it.
You are the enemy.
Gordon Liddy coined the term “Jack booted thugs”.
Very appropriate.
Start paying the damages out of the police retirement fund instead of from the taxpayer and every one of these JBTs deserves a long prison sentence.


23 posted on 02/12/2024 1:14:52 PM PST by Eagles6 (Welcome to the Matrix . Orwell's "1984" was a warning, not an instruction manual.)
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To: libertylover

“Pigs like these give all cops a bad name.
Exactly true. Power goes to their heads I think. Most cops are good cops, but ones like these hurt the reputation of all cops.”

This is true for doctors, lawyers, politicians, businessmen, and everyone else.


24 posted on 02/12/2024 1:37:20 PM PST by Pirate Ragnar
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To: Hambone 1934
Should have gotten 10 million...WHAT WAS THAT JURY THINKING?????

True, but considering what kind of immunity the police seem to have, I'm surprised that they got anything at all.

25 posted on 02/12/2024 1:41:27 PM PST by metmom (He who testifies to these things says, “Surely I am coming soon.” Amen. Come, Lord Jesus…)
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To: Reno89519

a million will set them up nicely in Alabama... but yeah, they should get e jean carol money.


26 posted on 02/12/2024 1:43:01 PM PST by sandztorm
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To: TexasKamaAina

awards like this should come out of police pension fund - not from the taxpayers.


27 posted on 02/12/2024 2:04:33 PM PST by qwerty1234
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To: TexasKamaAina

That does not seem like enough money for two people made homeless and who lost family land and business health over an incident six years ago. I realize part of it was that they filed a document. too late; but surely their PTSD from the terror and injustice of the raid must have figured into that.


28 posted on 02/12/2024 2:22:10 PM PST by Albion Wilde (Either ‘the Deep State destroys America, or we destroy the Deep State.’ --Donald Trump)
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To: Uncle Miltie

Cops are like a box of chocolates..

They’ll kill your dog!


29 posted on 02/12/2024 2:38:04 PM PST by MeganC (Ruzzians aren't people. )
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To: TexasKamaAina

That court is interfering with the cops doing their job, right, libs?


30 posted on 02/12/2024 2:49:18 PM PST by TBP (Decent people cannot fathom the amoral cruelty of the Biden regime.)
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To: libertylover
Most cops are good cops,

Do good cops tolerate psychos in their midst?

31 posted on 02/12/2024 2:50:53 PM PST by NorthMountain (... the right of the people to keep and bear arms shall not be infringed)
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To: Pirate Ragnar
doctors, lawyers, politicians, businessmen, and everyone else

Those aren't entrusted with the power to upend peoples' lives on a whim.

32 posted on 02/12/2024 2:52:15 PM PST by NorthMountain (... the right of the people to keep and bear arms shall not be infringed)
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To: Responsibility2nd
Lucky they weren’t just executed.

Very

I'm sure the Drug Warriorstm would have cheered that outcome.

Too bad this won't come out of the pensions of the slimey bastards who illegally raided their home.

33 posted on 02/12/2024 2:56:55 PM PST by zeugma (Stop deluding yourself that America is still a free country.)
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To: NorthMountain
1) Civil Forfeiture must end. It is simply state-sponsored robbery.

I respectfully disagree its a valuable tool when used responsibly. The problem is its misapplication.

In this case the police had no probable cause to search the residency in the fist place. They broke the law. No trained LEO would have entered the hose without a warrant because anything they obtained would be rightly tossed out of court.

As for the Civil Forfeiture it was not predicated on any legal standard since the search was illegal.

Civil Forfeiture needs to be determined by a court not an agency. If the cops and prosecutors know they will have to go to court and justify their their seizure and forfeiture they will clean up their act. This is the current standard for federal law enforcement.

This is not hard to fix. I don't want the El Chapos or financial scammers of the world to keep their ill gotten gains.

34 posted on 02/12/2024 3:28:21 PM PST by usurper (AI was born with a birth defect.)
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To: usurper

And I don’t want cops shaking down citizens on the side of the road “sign this and give up your $3000 or go to jail” or losing home and legally acquired possessions.

But here we are.


35 posted on 02/12/2024 4:19:48 PM PST by JParris
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To: sandztorm
a million will set them up nicely in Alabama..

After legal fees and taxes they'll be lucky to get a 20 year old double-wide.

36 posted on 02/12/2024 4:37:26 PM PST by TangoLimaSierra (⭐⭐To the Left, The Truth is Right Wing Violence⭐⭐)
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To: usurper
when used responsibly

The government has proven decisively that it cannot be trusted with the power of civil forfeiture; abuse is baked into the system.

I don't want the El Chapos or financial scammers of the world to keep their ill gotten gains.

That's what criminal forfeiture is for. Get a criminal conviction first. Then and ONLY then can the convicted criminal's assets be pursued.

37 posted on 02/12/2024 8:10:57 PM PST by NorthMountain (... the right of the people to keep and bear arms shall not be infringed)
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To: usurper
Civil Forfeiture needs to be determined by a court, not an agency. If the cops and prosecutors know they will have to go to court and justify their seizure and forfeiture they will clean up their act. This is the current standard for federal law enforcement.

Oh, really?!?

How did that work out for the FBI stealing $86-MILLION from some 700 innocent people using a storage place in California? Not only did it NOT "discourage" them, they fought the courts to allow them to keep the ill-gotten goods!

Asset forfeiture should be BANNED - PERIOD! It is legalized INSTITUTIONALIZED robbery!
38 posted on 02/13/2024 5:00:30 AM PST by ExTxMarine (Finish the Wall and Deport them All!)
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