[NRx]

On the long list of things the Government does that p^$$ me off, this ranks at or near the top of the list.

[Yo-Yo]

Me too. I have no problem seizing assets of drug dealers, but only after proven beyond a reasonable doubt in a court of law that the assets are from illegal activity, and that the person holding the assets has been convicted.

Seizing cash, cars, etc., never filing any charges against the owner, then forcing the owner to prove that the property is not proceeds from illegal activity turns our justice system on its head with a 'guilty until proven innocent' approach.

How SCOTUS upheld this practice I'll never understand.

[onedoug]

Inequitable corruption.

[Robert DeLong]

Disingenuous title, as cops themselves keep nothing. Rather it is law enforcement structures such as Police Departments and Sheriff's Offices that keep the spoils.

My problem with it is the fact that it should only be seized and then must be adjudicated before claiming said spoils. That adjudication should be one that is performed in a reasonably quick manner, and not a long drawn out process.

I personally do not have a problem with the taking of ill gotten gains by true criminals engaging in criminal activity. It is when assets are seized due to appearance only with zero proof of obtaining ill gotten gains by means of a criminal activity.

[Lazamataz]

Frankly, I was amazed they stopped. We are under the control of a Criminal Government of thugs, rapists, killers, mafia-dons, animals, destroyers, racists, and extraordinarily evil men. Period.

America is long-dead. We are the Soviet Americas.

[Starstruck]

"The right of the people to be secure in their persons, houses, papers, and effects, against unreasonable searches and seizures, shall not be violated, and no Warrants shall issue, but upon probable cause, supported by Oath or affirmation, and particularly describing the place to be searched, and the persons or things to be seized"

Just trying to send the 4th Amendment down the tubes along with the 2nd and 10th. Oh and the 1st and 9th.

[RIghtwardHo]

Ah Tyranny.

It’s rampant on BOTH the Fed and State level.

[I want the USA back]

This is how they do things. They choose to do something illegal. They realize that it is illegal. They give it a nice sounding name to confuse the public. They then go right on doing the illegal thing.

It is forbidden by the constitution and the perpetrators are guilty of a crime.

[Wolfie]

Yeah, but asset forfeiture is what helped us win the Drug War.