Asset Seizure Sans Proof Draws Ire of Sen. Paul, Rep. Walberg

[NACBA]

Without convicting you of any crime, or even charging you, the government can seize your home, car or other personal property on the mere suspicion that you are involved in criminal activity.

Termed "civil forfeiture," the practice has allowed law enforcement agencies to seize personal property 55,000 times at a total value of $3 billion since 2008, the Daily Signal reports.
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Now, Sen. Rand Paul, R-Ky., and Rep. Tim Walberg, R-Mich., hope to stop it.

Following notice by the Department of Justice (DOJ) that the federal government will suspend and review civil asset forfeiture, Paul and Walberg are co-sponsoring the FAIR Act, or Fifth Amendment Restoration Act, to stop the DOJ from including forfeited assets in its own budget, instead placing the funds into the general budget, Main Street reports.

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[Stratovarious]

Thanks Paul and Walburg,
But is this about where to put the funds or to end it all together?
I would like to see the practice of asset forfeiture STOPPED period.
Unless specifically and sparsely justified under the Rico Act , and then of course the funds
should never be used by Government in any capacity, this would be a huge conflict of
interest, funds should be given to charity and I don't mean the Policeman's Ball.

[kpitcher]

The former directors of the program who helped start it also want it gotten rid of.

http://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/abolish-the-civil-asset-forfeiture-program-we-helped-create/2014/09/18/72f089ac-3d02-11e4-b0ea-8141703bbf6f_story.html

[Ronin Truth]

Chill Rand, what criminal organization did you think you were a part of?