3 ms·
And it gets worse again. Federal, state, and local police often get to keep the seized property for the benefit of the police. So they are incentivized to seize
by jjeaff 5y ago
And it gets worse again. Federal, state, and local police often get to keep the seized property for the benefit of the police. So they are incentivized to seize property.
Makes you wonder why they are even wasting their time with all the speed traps and traffic ticket quotas.
- joshAg 5y agoBecause that's how they manufacture probable cause. If they can manufacture probable cause, they can search the car for things that are valuable enough to justify the paperwork.
- fennecfoxen 5y ago> And it gets worse again. Of course! We could go on for ages. And if you want to go on for ages, I recommend Reason, the strident Libertarian rag — not because I want to be a cheerleader for the libertarians (ick) but because they've been covering this topic since March 1989 (!) (!!) (!!!) (but more regularly and in more depth since 2007.) Lots of fun reading awaits you: https://reason.com/tag/civil-asset-forfeiture/ https://reason.com/tag/civil-asset-forfeiture/
- DaftDank 5y agoThere's a scene in "True Detective" season 1, where one of sheriff's in the show is driving a Maserati to the country club he golfs at, and says he, "Seized it off some good old boy last year." I'd been aware of civil forfeiture for years before seeing that show, but just the way it was presented really stuck with me for some reason; just how much the system can be abused by "bad actors."