civil forfeiture

I recommend watching the whole episode if you have some time, it is pretty interesting and I'm surprised to see something like this air on a major network with all the pro drug war / pro law enforcement propaganda you typically see. The episode aired on September 30...

This story is few years old, I wonder how that's working out for them. :rolleyes: Military Asset Forfeiture Sunday, August 12th, 2012 http://www.theagitator.com/2012/08/12/military-asset-forfeiture/ by Eapen Thampy, Americans for Forfeiture Reform. The Department of Defense Criminal...

Good interview with Judge Napolitano on Huckabee's radio show, I think it was from today. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gU-tiGU6SiA

The ramifications of this, one way or the other, will be huge. Big Forfeiture Case To Be Heard in Federal Court on Monday Friday, February 10th, 2012 http://www.theagitator.com/2012/02/10/big-forfeiture-case-to-be-heard-in-federal-court-on-monday/ As you might expect, it’s an Institute...

Grandmother fights to keep her property http://www.newsobserver.com/2011/12/16/1713803/grandmother-fights-to-keep-her.html HOLLY SPRINGS -- When Gaybbrell Shereise Cofield pleaded guilty last year to selling crack cocaine, he agreed to let the government take his grandmother's home as well as...

PA-A new low in asset forfeiture:"They drove trucks to the houses and took everything" Thumbnail: City "officials" in Philadelphia operating as a "CLIP" team, use asset forfeiture to, literally, steal everything in people's homes. In this particular case that the city is being sued over, guns...

Found this article about asset seizure and forfeiture. Fighting Back Against Civil Forfeiture Laws http://americanfreepress.net/?p=1145#more-1145 Anyone who thinks we are not living under tyranny may wish to rethink his position. :)

MI - Cops charged with using "asset forfeiture" funds for, literally, hookers and blow. "Asset forfeiture" is one of the most egregious violations of our rights out there. Corruption charges: Former Romulus Police Chief accused in scheme to use drug forfeiture money to buy more drugs...

Every branch of government it seems has it's own outright theft ring. Who the fuck is NOAA seizing property from? :mad: Statement from Maureen Wylie, NOAA chief financial officer on Asset Forfeiture Fund micropurchase review August 25, 2011...

Thought I'd share this article with you guys. I found it to be pretty disturbing. http://www.isil.org/resources/lit/looting-of-america.html THE LOOTING OF AMERICA How over 200 Civil Asset Forfeiture Laws Enable Police to Confiscate Your Home, Bank Accounts & Business Without Trial by Jarret...

http://www.slate.com/id/2243428/

too bad our supreme court doesn't strike down these BS laws as well, http://jurist.law.pitt.edu/paperchase/2009/05/canada-high-court-rules-against.php The Supreme Court of Canada [official website] ruled [judgment text] Friday that a convicted marijuana grower should not have to forfeit her...

Dear MSSA Friends, An egregious abuse of liberty I've studied for years is something called "civil asset forfeiture." Originally argued to take the profit out of crime, forfeiture of property has come to be a mainstay of many police agency budgets with expanded forfeiture authorities and no...

It's not news to most of us here that law enforcement loves "asset forfeiture", meaning the seizing of all your assets in the course of a criminal investigation, many times before any jury trial or even formal charges being filed. ATF wants to be sure it's asset forfeiture gangsters don't...