Supreme Court expands meaning of 'seizure' under 4th Amendment

Re:Supreme Court expands meaning of 'seizure' under 4th Amen... by adventured on Thursday March 25, 2021 @11:57PM (#26588608)

Now let's get some further federal protections at all levels restricting property theft by the police (aka "asset forfeiture"; I suppose when a cop murders you they might prefer to call it life forfeiture).

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Re:Supreme Court expands meaning of 'seizure' under 4th Amen... by rectang on Friday March 26, 2021 @12:27AM (#26588740)

While your second sentence is dramatic, the analogy it draws appropriately illustrates the outrageous impunity that police enjoy with regard to "asset forfeiture".

It's hard to believe that such abuse is allowed to continue in a country ostensibly governed by the rule of law.

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Re:Supreme Court expands meaning of 'seizure' under 4th Amen... by sneak on Friday March 26, 2021 @03:12AM (#26589544)

Given what we've seen happen with the CIA, I'm pretty sure that it's not even "ostensibly" any longer.

The US is emphatically not a country with the rule of law, in the macro (there are large government organizations that act with impunity) or the micro (police kill and rape on a local level with impunity).

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Re:Supreme Court expands meaning of 'seizure' under 4th Amen... by FpUser on Friday March 26, 2021 @02:02AM (#26589179)

It is often said "we are a nation of laws". I do not recall anything about laws being just.

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