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Re:Civil Forfeiture: How prosecutors seize the assets of the... by enraged_camel on Sunday September 07, 2014 @11:52AM (#8281492)
>>You'd think some one in power in the US would say this is wrong and stop it.

They would be no longer in power if they tried that. Their opponents would paint them as "soft on crime" and "pandering to criminals" and "hating our cops" and a bazillion other nonsense rhetoric.

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Re:Civil Forfeiture: How prosecutors seize the assets of the... by AnthonyMouse on Sunday September 07, 2014 @02:02PM (#8281863)
That was true twenty years ago when the fallout of the lead epidemic[1] was being blamed on lax law enforcement. Today it's just hollow rhetoric that people use to try to scare politicians into funneling more money into irrational policies. The American people have no sympathy for corrupt law enforcement.

[1] http://www.motherjones.com/environment/2013/01/lead-crime-li...

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Re:Civil Forfeiture: How prosecutors seize the assets of the... by muzz on Sunday September 07, 2014 @12:26PM (#8281600)
Who has painted Rand Paul that way?
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Re:Civil Forfeiture: How prosecutors seize the assets of the... by enraged_camel on Tuesday September 09, 2014 @12:50PM (#8291156)
No one, since no one takes Rand Paul seriously.
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