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Civil Forfeiture Video: A Huge Money Tree for Cops

Posted by M. C. on September 16, 2018

Civil forfeiture in the United States, also called civil asset forfeiture or civil judicial forfeiture[1] or occasionally civil seizure, is a legal process in which law enforcement officers take assets from persons suspected of involvement with crime or illegal activity without necessarily charging the owners with wrongdoing. While civil procedure, as opposed to criminal procedure, generally involves a dispute between two private citizens, civil forfeiture involves a dispute between law enforcement and property such as a pile of cash or a house or a boat, such that the thing is suspected of being involved in a crime. To get back the seized property, owners must prove it was not involved in criminal activity.

Guilty until proven innocent. Proving innocence is extremely difficult and cops know that.

Don’t hear much about this widespread abuse in the media.

https://www.garynorth.com/public/18567.cfm

Gary North

This video explains it. Your property (unlike you) is guilty until proven innocent — at your expense.

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George Will: Have Sessions explain support for civil forfeiture

Posted by M. C. on December 28, 2016

http://www.philly.com/philly/opinion/20161228_George_Will__Have_Sessions_explain_support_for_civil_forfeiture.html?mobi=true

Civil forfeiture and eminent domain are a pox upon us. Civil forfeiture is enabled by the failed war on drugs. Shoot first, ask questions later.

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