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I suppose “write your representatives”? This is an area with reforms actively being proposed, and it feels like banning this stuff is inside the Overton Window.
by theptip 4y ago
I suppose “write your representatives”? This is an area with reforms actively being proposed, and it feels like banning this stuff is inside the Overton Window.
Eg https://reason.com/2020/12/17/justin-amash-introduces-bill-to-end-civil-asset-forfeiture-nationwide/ https://reason.com/2020/12/17/justin-amash-introduces-bill-t..., https://ivn.us/2017/09/13/amash-gabbard-lead-surprising-victory-against-civil-asset-forfeiture https://ivn.us/2017/09/13/amash-gabbard-lead-surprising-vict....
- tehwebguy 4y agoThe police willing to commit this crime under color of law are so incurably corrupt that changing the law wouldn’t stop them. They will still take your stuff, they just won’t give you a receipt.
- bagels 4y agoPolice in California siezed an armored car after laws being passed that explicitly made this illegal. It being legal makes it easier for them, but they don't stop at what is legal. https://www.google.com/amp/s/www.forbes.com/sites/instituteforjustice/2022/02/03/sheriffs-team-up-with-the-feds-to-hold-up-armored-car-company-civil-forfeiture-makes-it-possible/amp/ https://www.google.com/amp/s/www.forbes.com/sites/institutef...