Sadly, I live in this Sheriff's jurisdiction. It's embarrassing. And yeah, puns about his last name using a short "i" are in order. Civil asset forfeiture dist

Sadly, I live in this Sheriff's jurisdiction. It's embarrassing. And yeah, puns about his last name using a short "i" are in order. Civil asset forfeiture disturbs me. I mean it really, really disturbs me -- deep down in my gut. I have a hard time understanding how it is consistent with the values we (U.S. citizens) claim to hold. I'm not a student of the law, so I won't pretend to have any deep insights into its constitutionality. I just feel it's a malignant tumor on our justice system. I can only wonder how it appears to those in other developed nations, at least those whose laws do not allow such presumptive seizures. It doesn't seem all that far removed from the system of letters of marque that authorized so much piracy in the 16th century -- we can so we will. Honestly, I don't see how any fair-minded person can be anything but sickened by civil asset forfeiture.