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A former Marine was pulled over for tailgating. Police took $87,000
- theandrewbailey 5y agoOriginal article title too long for HN, edited from: A former Marine was pulled over for following a truck too closely. Police took nearly $87,000 of his cash.
- WarOnPrivacy 5y agoIt's a good edit. Thanks for posting.
- Cycl0ps 5y agoPaywalled but I think I get the gist. The main problem with cases of (I'm presuming) civil forfeiture is that the assest is what's being accused of involvement in crime, not the person. As assets have no rights the police can essentially do as they please with it.
- kwhitefoot 5y agoHow can something that is not sentient be /accused/ of a involvement in anything.
- pope_meat 5y agoLaws don't need to make sense, they just need to be enforced.
- tinus_hn 5y agoIt could of course be argued that The right of the people to be secure in their persons, houses, papers, and effects, against unreasonable searches and seizures, shall not be violated […]
- RcouF1uZ4gsC 5y agohttps://archive.is/2o6yR https://archive.is/2o6yR
- jgmmo 5y agoWas this guy trying to buy a house for cash? whys he driving with 87k? He's a sitting duck for the po-po
- moralestapia 5y agoHi! Learn something new today -> https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shooting_the_messenger https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shooting_the_messenger
- Arrath 5y agoCivil forfeiture has got to go.
- tartoran 5y agoThe war on drugs has made more casualties than done any good. I think police should be stripped of any kind of immunity and respond to their actions, they have cameras on them and can prove things, and of course laws like these repealed at federal level (or at least fixed so that the police cannot abuse it).