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As @roymurdock posted, the NY Times article has a video of the guy being quite explicit in the "benefits": http://www.nytimes.com/2014/11/10/us/police-use-depa
by cpayne 12y ago
As @roymurdock posted, the NY Times article has a video of the guy being quite explicit in the "benefits": http://www.nytimes.com/2014/11/10/us/police-use-department-wish-list-when-deciding-which-assets-to-seize.html http://www.nytimes.com/2014/11/10/us/police-use-department-w...
- MichaelGG 12y agoHe describes how excited the cops were to steal a guy's car. He even says "and gulp we had to give it back" because they didn't follow procedure. Put aside the inanity involved in stealing people's property in cases like this, it's a pure greed motive where cops are looking at the population to go raiding. They sound little better than privateers.
- viggity 12y agoHarry Connelly, the one discussing "little goodies" to be seized can be contacted at harryc@las-cruces.org I've sent him an email expressing my displeasure at his use of Civil Asset Forfeiture.