Just a quick note on this one. Two weeks ago I talked about the disgrace of civil asset forfeiture, where cops can take your stuff based on nothing more than their unsubstantiated suspicion it had something to do with drugs - with all the burden and expense on you to try to get it back.
On August 19, PBS Newshour did a story on civil asset forfiture which acknowledged not only the frequent injustice of it but how it can be, to quote the piece, "an enormous moneymaker" for police departments looking to fatten their budgets.
As I said before, I knew about this some years ago - but now it seems to be getting at least a little attention. Maybe that spark will grow and we can finally do something about this.
Sources:
http://whoviating.blogspot.com/2013/08/left-side-of-aisle-120-part-1.html
http://www.pbs.org/newshour/bb/nation/july-dec13/assets_08-19.html
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