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Law enforcement took more stuff from people than burglars did last year (2015)

42 pointsby dlcmhalmost 3 years ago

5 comments

james-redwoodalmost 3 years ago
<a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;en.wikipedia.org&#x2F;wiki&#x2F;Civil_forfeiture_in_the_United_States?wprov=sfti1" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;en.wikipedia.org&#x2F;wiki&#x2F;Civil_forfeiture_in_the_United...</a><p>Look up ‘civil asset forfeiture’. It’s shocking.
tomohawkalmost 3 years ago
Obama said he was going to do something about this, but unfortunately it wasn&#x27;t what people hoped:<p><a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.washingtonpost.com&#x2F;news&#x2F;wonk&#x2F;wp&#x2F;2014&#x2F;09&#x2F;08&#x2F;civil-asset-forfeitures-more-than-double-under-obama&#x2F;" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.washingtonpost.com&#x2F;news&#x2F;wonk&#x2F;wp&#x2F;2014&#x2F;09&#x2F;08&#x2F;civil...</a>
rightbytealmost 3 years ago
Not too suprising with all these payments plans for cars and whatever.<p>Are houses included? The article is not very clear. I guess that would dominate quite fast.
xilinx_guyalmost 3 years ago
<a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;archive.ph&#x2F;7JgLB" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;archive.ph&#x2F;7JgLB</a>
whoomp12342almost 3 years ago
but what about all crime?