Last week, the Orange County Probation Department was scolded by a federal appeals court for continuing to pursue the debt after Rivera’s bankruptcy, calling the county’s tenacity “disturbing” and ruling that it could not continue to go after Rivera for her debt.
That's a no-no. When a debt is discharged via bankruptcy, it's gone. You can't go after it again. That's a violation of Federal bankruptcy laws. They already took everything she had - and she sought and earned legal relief.
This is really a county shakedown... I don't like it when Governments illegally shake people down for money, breaking their own laws to do so.
It's almost never a good idea to provide incentives for government agencies to become profit centers.
See asset forfeiture.
“This is really a county shakedown... I don’t like it when Governments illegally shake people down for money, breaking their own laws to do so.”
The problem is that these gang bangers are doing a shakedown of the local taxpayers as well as terrorizing our communities. Here on the Central California Coast our towns and cities are under siege by street thugs many living illegally in our country. They get shot, refuse to corporate with law enforcement, get a $30,000 helicopter ride to a Bay Area trauma center, and then rack up $1 million in the intensive care unit. I say copy the Israeli example of bulldozing down the houses of the terrorists or in our case bankrupt the families.