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Re:Leaked Documents Reveal Police Department Planted Drugs f... by jbuzbee on Tuesday December 01, 2015 @09:56PM (#10660603)
While I agree that the police have a history of horrific abuse of asset forfeiture laws, this oft-quoted event doesn't tell the whole story. The 2104 numbers were skewed greatly based on a proper $1.7 Billion forfeiture from Bernie Madoff. Most of this money went back to his victims:

https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/wonk/wp/2015/11/23/cops-...

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Re:Leaked Documents Reveal Police Department Planted Drugs f... by jessaustin on Tuesday December 01, 2015 @10:07PM (#10660641)
So the numbers for police and burglars are "really" about the same, rather than the police exceeding the burglars by over a billion? Whew! What a weight off the mind! TIL there's nothing to worry about with forfeiture...
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Re:Leaked Documents Reveal Police Department Planted Drugs f... by maxerickson on Tuesday December 01, 2015 @11:00PM (#10660851)
The $1.7 billion was a settlement between the government and JP Morgan Chase, in relation to the Madoff scheme (apparently they ignored things that they should not have).
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