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I'm curious how much of this stuff is actually civil asset forfeiture? (Not to blame the site(s) for such practices, but to think about the whole ecosystem of h
by maerF0x0 6mo ago
I'm curious how much of this stuff is actually civil asset forfeiture? (Not to blame the site(s) for such practices, but to think about the whole ecosystem of how a government comes to have a bicycle, switch, truck etc)
https://reason.com/category/criminal-justice/civil-asset-forfeiture/ https://reason.com/category/criminal-justice/civil-asset-for...
- shrubble 6mo agoFrom what I have seen, not too much, though vehicles might have a higher rate due to impounded cars etc.
- graybeardhacker 6mo agoI have a friend who handles dispositions of equipment for a very large government contractor. You'd probably be very surprised to see some of what goes through his warehouse. He got rid of two kid's go-karts last year. Government contractors buy some weird stuff for weird reasons.
- scarsam 6mo ago[dead]