ItsTime
05-20-2015, 08:16 AM
Civil asset forfeiture is a legal maneuver used by police agencies to seize property from individuals accused, but not necessarily convicted, of a crime. The Cato Institute has referred to mechanisms that fund police agencies through civil asset forfeiture abuse as “policing for profit.” Some civil liberties advocates feel that, when local police departments can raise funds by seizing cash from travelers on the highway on mere suspicion of criminal activity, there is a corrupting incentive for officers to, as an example, interpret a cash withdrawal that someone might make to buy a used car as evidence of drug dealing.
Mississippi Watchdog‘s Steve Wilson recently sounded the alarm on apparent civil asset forfeiture abuse taking place in Richland, MS. The 7,033-person city features a $4.1 million police station, a new fleet of Dodge Chargers, and a police training complex so advanced that it is also used by 22 other local law enforcement agencies.
Source Truth In Media: http://truthinmedia.com/7033-person-city-funds-4-1-million-police-station-through-civil-asset-forfeiture/
Mississippi Watchdog‘s Steve Wilson recently sounded the alarm on apparent civil asset forfeiture abuse taking place in Richland, MS. The 7,033-person city features a $4.1 million police station, a new fleet of Dodge Chargers, and a police training complex so advanced that it is also used by 22 other local law enforcement agencies.
Source Truth In Media: http://truthinmedia.com/7033-person-city-funds-4-1-million-police-station-through-civil-asset-forfeiture/