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Yeah, I cited the white HN craigslist car buyer as a kind of 'it can happen to even us!!'abberation. Probably 99% of civil forfeitures are seized from black/his
by veidr 5y ago
Yeah, I cited the white HN craigslist car buyer as a kind of 'it can happen to even us!!'abberation. Probably 99% of civil forfeitures are seized from black/hispanic people.
E.g., yes, "those they (police) think they can get away with" but not "those who have a lot of assets to forfeit".
I think most of the cases I've read about on this site were like (non-white) people flying with, say, $25,000 (and who could credibly claim that was roughly their total liquid net worth).
- dnautics 5y agoIt is possible for 99% of civil asset forfeitures to happen to minorities AND for 99% of minorities to not have to deal with them. Also, If you are a minority, and the police stop you while driving, you are probably more worried about other things like police violence, than civil asset forfeiture (this doesn't excuse civil asset forfeiture ofc)