Policing for Profit-The Abuse of Civil Assest Forfeiture

Cars are confiscated and sold. Currency is confiscated and kept.

 It’s all legal. And it’s spreading.

 Then there is the DEA: “. . . in all states, police agencies can contact the
Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA), making the case federal, and under
federal law, local police departments can keep up to 80 percent of forfeiture
proceeds, with the rest going to the Department of Justice.”
Now, that’s a tempting offer!

But what if they don’t charge you with buying drugs? No problem. Your car did  it. 

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