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Yep, legalized theft. Civil forfeiture works to fleece the peasantry (and the criminals) equally. The DEA and police use this method to fund their organizations
by CelestialTeapot 10y ago
Yep, legalized theft. Civil forfeiture works to fleece the peasantry (and the criminals) equally. The DEA and police use this method to fund their organizations, because in most cases, they're allowed to keep most if not all of the money seized. That's an enormous conflict of interest that has caused many innocent people to get shafted by the government, as has been shown here (and elsewhere) in prior stories related to civil forfeiture.
TL;DR: Never travel with cash, gift cards, or cash cards.
- wldcordeiro 10y agoI had an acquaintance that had the police seize $10k in cash from him after he had gotten in a car accident, along with bags of clothing he had bought at the mall. After court and everything the clothing was never reported and the $10k became $4k. It's not just money they'll take, it's anything of value they feel like.
- Retric 10y agoUsed to be people would wait a while, and then go and shoot people who did this. I can't decide if it's progress that people no longer consider this reasonable.
- jrowley 10y agoYeah I don't consider myself a supporter of the mafia but in some situations it'd be nice to have an equalizer.
- wldcordeiro 10y agoI think the thing I was trying to point out is that while there is the legal theft that goes under the guise of civil forfeiture there's also plenty that I feel goes unnoticed by officers acting independently of the bureaucracy.