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Any assets seized by police should be burned in a bonfire.* Anything else causes poorly-aligned incentives. *OK, maybe I would agree with donated to certain ca

• tomohawk 11y ago
  I'd actually go further. The 5th Amendment to the US Constitution would appear to ban this activity. "No person shall be held to answer for a capital, or otherwise infamous crime, unless on a presentment or indictment of a Grand Jury, except in cases arising in the land or naval forces, or in the Militia, when in actual service in time of War or public danger; nor shall any person be subject for the same offence to be twice put in jeopardy of life or limb; nor shall be compelled in any criminal case to be a witness against himself, nor be deprived of life, liberty, or property, without due process of law; nor shall private property be taken for public use, without just compensation." Rand Paul has introduced legislation to restore the protection the amendment should provide: https://reason.com/blog/2015/01/27/rand-paul-reintroduces-bill-aimed-at-cur https://reason.com/blog/2015/01/27/rand-paul-reintroduces-bi... President Obama appointed Loretta Lynch as AG, who has a proven track record of using civil asset forfeiture to advance her career. http://www.cato.org/blog/loretta-lynchs-worrisome-answer-civil-asset-forfeiture http://www.cato.org/blog/loretta-lynchs-worrisome-answer-civ...
  • JustSomeNobody 11y ago
    It is very sad, but our Bill of Rights is getting eroded by horrible legislation. Our founding fathers predicted this bad government behavior by giving us the B.o.R. Now, we are just standing here watching it be slowly taken from us. Edit for clarity.