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Stealing from the Citizenry: How Government Goons Use Civil Asset Forfeiture to Rob Us Blind
“Civil forfeiture laws represent one of the most serious assaults on private property rights in the nation today. Under civil forfeiture, police and prosecutors can seize your car or other property, sell it and use the proceeds to fund agency budgets—all without so much as charging you with a crime. …
Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas on Asset Forfeiture: “This System has led to Egregious and Well-Chronicled Abuses!”
I have been one that has spoken out on the unconstitutional tyranny involving asset forfeiture, something that President Donald Trump has supported and former Attorney General Loretta Lynch supported, as well. Last week, Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas has some strong words to say regarding the practice, whereby police can …
No, Mr. President, Civil Asset Forfeiture Is Wrong!
Civil forfeiture in the United States, sometimes called civil judicial forfeiture or occasionally civil seizure, is a controversial legal process in which law enforcement officers take assets from persons suspected of involvement with crime or illegal activity without necessarily charging the owners with wrongdoing. I am not here to attack our President. His first few weeks in office …
FBI Hides Payments to Informants – Gives Them a Cut of Asset Forfeiture Proceeds
One of the biggest arguments against the confirmation of former Attorney General Loretta Lynch was her unconstitutional actions regarding asset forfeiture. Now, The Intercept has obtained a document which deals with the FBI’s confidential informant program. In it, we discover the agency routinely hides payments to informants and gives them …
California Law Reins In Asset Forfeiture, Takes On Federal Equitable Sharing Program
Article first appeared at Activist Post. Today, a California law went into effect that not only bolsters restrictions on state officials from seizing property without due process, but also throws a wrench into federal efforts to do the same. Sen. Holly Mitchell (D-Los Angeles) introduced Senate Bill 443 (SB443) in …
Chicago Police Dept Caught Hiding Millions in Stolen Cash in Secret Asset Forfeiture Fund
Article first appeared at The Free Thought Project. A detailed report released in September 2016 by the Chicago Reader unveiled a secret civil asset forfeiture fund that amounted to nearly $50 million in seized cash which the Chicago Police Department was attempting to keep for themselves. The detailed analysis shows …
COPS STEAL $53,000 FROM CHARITY VIA HIGHWAY ROBBERY…ER, CIVIL ASSET FORFEITURE
Highway robbery – oops! – I mean, “civil asset forfeiture” is still alive and kicking in the United States, despite louder calls for reform and more prominent negative publicity surrounding the program. Civil asset forfeiture is one of the most corrupt and vile programs that “law enforcement” agencies practice in …
Under ‘Policing for Profit’ Forfeiture Scheme, Michigan Police Wrongfully Seized & Kept Man’s Car for Three Years Without a Warrant & Without a Trial
CINCINNATI, Ohio — Fighting back against the “policing for profit” forfeiture system that unfairly enriches police departments at the expense of ordinary citizens, The Rutherford Institute has come to the aid of a Michigan man whose vehicle was taken by police without a warrant and kept for three years without …
U.S. Supreme Court Upholds Abusive Civil Forfeiture Law, Allows Police to Keep $201,000 in Cash from Legal Home Sale with No Proof of Criminal Activity
In refusing to hear a challenge to Texas’ asset forfeiture law, the U.S. Supreme Court is allowing Texas police to keep $201,000 in cash primarily on the basis that the seized cash—the proceeds of a home sale—was being transported on a highway associated with illegal drug trade, despite any proof …
AZ Senate Votes to Seize Assets of Anyone Who Plans or Participates in Protests that turn Violent
Protesting is acknowledged as a God-given right that is not only protected under the First Amendment against the central government, but also is acknowledged as a right by every state in the Union. Why then is the Arizona senate pushing to seize assets of those who plan and participate in …