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Re:Police seized $10k from him. a court ruled he had no righ... by woodruffw on Sunday April 03, 2022 @08:10PM (#30902104)
That is what it does, and we've seen a number of concrete examples of that over the years. ProPublica has done some excellent reporting[1] on it.

[1]: https://www.propublica.org/article/police-say-seizing-proper...

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Re:Police seized $10k from him. a court ruled he had no righ... by daenz on Sunday April 03, 2022 @08:16PM (#30902138)
>For some law enforcement agencies, forfeiture funds have accounted for as much as 20% of their budgets, and are sometimes used for seemingly nonessential purchases.

Jesus, this is depressing.

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