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Perhaps a better question would be "What is the median forfeiture amount?". Without additional data points or underlying explanation, this article is nothing b
by bingo_the_dog 11y ago
Perhaps a better question would be "What is the median forfeiture amount?". Without additional data points or underlying explanation, this article is nothing but click-bait.
- elipsey 11y agoI agree that it would be nice to have more data. It might be hard to get "big picture" data for this. I would imagine that police deptments are not incentivized to publish details in a convenient, highly visible, summarized form. Forbes says $1250 was avg. seized property value in MN. http://www.forbes.com/sites/instituteforjustice/2014/09/12/after-cops-seized-and-kept-cash-washington-d-c-settles-almost-million-dollar-civil-forfeiture-class-action/ http://www.forbes.com/sites/instituteforjustice/2014/09/12/a... This link claims that the avg. cash seizure amount in Phillidelphia from 2010 to present was $550: http://ij.org/action-post/seize-first-ask-questions-later-philadelphia-police-take-over-6-million-a-year-in-civil-asset-forfeiture/ http://ij.org/action-post/seize-first-ask-questions-later-ph... These hardly sound like the sort "untouchable" organized crime cases that these programs were touted to address.