Re:TSA’s “See cash, seize cash” policy
by mywittyname on Thursday September 23, 2021 @05:08PM
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The polls I've seen put support for civil asset forfeiture to around 16%. So there's plenty of public support to end it.
The police are powerful though, and proceeds from this don't seem to terribly well accounted for in every PD. We know the feds and the local prosecutors get their cut, but after that... They are going to throw everything they can at keeping this gravy train alive.
The police are powerful though, and proceeds from this don't seem to terribly well accounted for in every PD. We know the feds and the local prosecutors get their cut, but after that... They are going to throw everything they can at keeping this gravy train alive.