Re:What life is like after police ransack your house, then t...
by rm_-rf_slash on Thursday March 31, 2016 @12:52PM
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There is so much about this case that is so fucked up I don't even know where to begin, but I believe there is one simple reform we could all agree on:
Police have an obligation to fully return, restore, and compensate citizens who have been inconvenienced, had their assets seized, and their property damaged, by the investigation and cleared of wrongdoing by the PD, had charges dropped, or found not guilty by a jury of their peers.
No more asset forfeiture to line cops' pockets, no more Baghdad raids for families that pose no immediate risk to anyone, no more citizens and families financially ruined to pay for the costs of the PDs mistakes.
When my brother was in middle school someone stole his phone. The right kid was arrested and the cops took the phone into evidence. My brother is 19 now. We could never get the phone back.
Police have an obligation to fully return, restore, and compensate citizens who have been inconvenienced, had their assets seized, and their property damaged, by the investigation and cleared of wrongdoing by the PD, had charges dropped, or found not guilty by a jury of their peers.
No more asset forfeiture to line cops' pockets, no more Baghdad raids for families that pose no immediate risk to anyone, no more citizens and families financially ruined to pay for the costs of the PDs mistakes.
When my brother was in middle school someone stole his phone. The right kid was arrested and the cops took the phone into evidence. My brother is 19 now. We could never get the phone back.