[LloydofDSS]

How do they expect an 82 year old woman to stop her 50 year old son from dealing drugs? Why does she have to pay for his sins?

[1 FELLOW FREEPER]

I am generally pro police, but this is a travesty, and the seisure laws are intellectually contemptible.

[Hildy]

Just another reminder why I decided not to have chidren!

[eaglewatch]

Have to admit I skimmed through most of the replies so maybe I missed the obvious question: If the police knew the son was dealing drugs, why didn't they just arrest his ass? If they had proof of 29 deals, then surely they had enough evidence to arrest him.

It is obvious to some of us that the WOD and the environazi movement is just an excuse to take away our rights and property as this story, and many more here on FR have shown over and over again.

[gunshy]

Where is _Jim? he can explain how this is reasonable and proper.

[Demidog]

No rights were violated here. Move along. The constitution clearly says that it is only binding if the government doesn't have a better idea.

[NC_Libertarian]

Vietnam MIA Widow's Property Seized - (Second article)

[WindMinstrel]

The whole civil forfeiture thing is one of the biggest injustices we've perpetrated on our citizens. It's really scary -- our Constitution gives us the right to be secure in our persons and property, but it's seized on a whim without just cause. Furthermore, the burden of proof for your property is much lower than in a criminal case, because they claim that it's the property that's the defendant, not the owner. Suuuuure it is.

A few months ago I read about a neato little robot they're developing to deal with slugs in your lawn. Evidently it wanders around collecting slugs in a little bag, then drops them into a fermentation tank. It then uses the gasses produced in that fermentation to fuel itself. Pretty neat idea, all-told.

It just struck me that our police agencies are now very much like that robot. They're self-fueling -- they take people's property and sell it to increase their own power. However, they're guided by fallible people, and it's human nature to want to increase their power. At least the damned robot never gets hungry.