Why does nobody want to touch it? That is what is a mystery to me.
Re:TSA’s “See cash, seize cash” policy
by mywittyname on Thursday September 23, 2021 @05:14PM
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The police unions in this country are powerful. A lot of seized cash is treated as tax-free "bonuses" paid out to officers. Either directly, or indirectly by financing "team building exercises" at a Build Your Own AK Ranch or some shit.
The prosecutors offices get their cut too, so they have an incentive to keep their mouths shut. Everyone else can be bullied into submission.
> A lot of seized cash is treated as tax-free "bonuses" paid out to officers. Either directly…
Is this documented somewhere?
Re:TSA’s “See cash, seize cash” policy
by lotsofpulp on Friday September 24, 2021 @08:46AM
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Based on this tweet, no:
https://twitter.com/JodyBarr/status/1440856532959170566?s=20
Civil asset forfeiture is a power trip by the government that neither political party wants to touch, and it does a great job at reducing trust in the US's governing bodies. When I was a kid, I thought that kind of low level brazen corruption only happened in poorer or less developed countries. Now I get to see my countrymen doing it and admitting to it on video, year after year.