Wasn't this a case where there was a somewhat fast and loose definition of what was a blighted property? A blighted property being that there wasn't an attached two car garage, not at least three bedrooms, not having central air conditioning. So such houses are thus on the same level as a run down crack house? BRAVO SIERRA! The municipal governments must be getting ideas from the homeowner "associations" and taking it to the ultimate limit. This is facism plain and simple!
Right. But if they were crack houses, forfeiture would have applied. No one was breaking any laws, so they had to find a legal way to do an illegal search and seizure.