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2015-01-10 -Land of the Free

Congress urges end to program sharing forfeited assets with state and local police

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Posted by Anguper Hupomosing9418 2015-01-10 04:44|| || Front Page|| [3 views ] Top

#1 Why should these assets go ONLY to police and not to general tax funds

Can you say conflict of interest? When they 'executed' the accused witches in Salem guess who collected the property of the deceased. Could you guess the magistrate and sheriff?

Posted by Procopius2k 2015-01-10 10:36|| 2015-01-10 10:36|| Front Page Top

#2 Seize the 4.5 million Al Sharpton owes to the IRS, then end the program.

Posted by Raj 2015-01-10 11:10|| 2015-01-10 11:10|| Front Page Top

#3 In a letter to Attorney General Eric H. Holder Jr., the lawmakers said they think money from Justice’s Equitable Sharing Program, the federal government’s largest civil asset forfeiture initiative, may be encouraging heavy-handed tactics by local and state police agencies

More important is that it's bribery by the Justice Department.

Posted by Pappy 2015-01-10 11:11|| 2015-01-10 11:11|| Front Page Top

#4 Local agencies use this program to dodge local laws which limit forfeiture. Illegal in your state? No problem! Call the feds. Get a cut of the take.

Posted by Iblis 2015-01-10 13:00|| 2015-01-10 13:00|| Front Page Top

#5 I seriously doubt they give a rat's ass about heavy handed tactics by local and state cops. They just don't wanna share anymore.

Posted by Abu Uluque 2015-01-10 13:57|| 2015-01-10 13:57|| Front Page Top

#6 Victim compensation fund, and fund for wrongly convicted. The ONLY place the money should go. No place that the cops or govt has a fiduciary interest.

Posted by OldSpook 2015-01-10 14:26|| 2015-01-10 14:26|| Front Page Top

#7 Agreed.

Posted by Pappy 2015-01-10 15:12|| 2015-01-10 15:12|| Front Page Top

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