Re:Stop-And-Seize Turns Police into Self-Funding Gangs
by Lawtonfogle on Friday November 13, 2015 @11:32AM
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Which is why either they have enough to arrest you, enough to get a warrant, or they don't take your property.
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Re:Stop-And-Seize Turns Police into Self-Funding Gangs
by drumdance on Saturday November 14, 2015 @09:19AM
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But they do take your property.
"There have been 61,998 cash seizures made on highways and elsewhere since 9/11 without search warrants or indictments through the Equitable Sharing Program, totaling more than $2.5 billion. State and local authorities kept more than $1.7 billion of that while Justice, Homeland Security and other federal agencies received $800 million. Half of the seizures were below $8,800."
http://www.washingtonpost.com/sf/investigative/2014/09/06/st...