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Cops don't need a criminal conviction to conduct civil asset forfeiture. They don't even need to arrest someone. They just have to claim that the property itsel
by terr-dav 4y ago
Cops don't need a criminal conviction to conduct civil asset forfeiture. They don't even need to arrest someone. They just have to claim that the property itself is suspected of being involved in a crime.
Have a lot of cash on you? Cops can steal it without a warrant :)
- s1artibartfast 4y agoI am aware and think it is a travesty. It is however within the criminal context, with at least the thin pretext if criminal wrongdoing. This is a far cry from the idea that the government can simply take what they want because they want it. The idea that politicians can (or should) just make a law dissolving property rights and take whatever water or land they want without compensation is misguided.
- terr-dav 4y ago>dissolving property rights and take whatever water or land they want without compensation... Not that I disagree... but this is roughly describes how the US was established.
- s1artibartfast 4y agoYeah, that is how every nation state on earth was established. It is what Russia is doing in Ukraine right now. Hopefully people can agree that it is not a good practice to embrace and repeat. I don't want to live in a society where people take whatever cant be defended with force. Conversely, I don't think others would want to live in such a world with me.