A win against #CivilForfeiture in #Detroit. https://reason.com/2023/09/01/federal-appeals-court-rules-detroits-asset-forfeiture-violates-due-process-rights-of-drivers/

In police seminars a few years back, session leaders offered suggestions for what sort of property to target based on cops' wishlists, which included flat-screen televisions—those "are very popular with the police departments," one government employee said on video—along with cash and cars (the nicer the better).

Indeed, governments across the U.S. collectively take billions of dollars each year in forfeitures. #civilforfeiture https://reason.com/2023/07/11/police-seized-innocent-peoples-property-and-kept-it-for-years-what-will-the-supreme-court-do/

@flexghost I can't stand him, but on this topic I disagree. #CivilForfeiture is a thing to be concerned about. All reasonable people entering a world where it's possible–innocent or guilty–would take steps to protect themselves.

try googling "fulton sheriff civil forfeiture" to see what I mean.

#10yrsago Bill to cut off funding to schools that ban brandishing a pastry in a gun-like manner http://www.loweringthebar.net/2013/08/bill-would-protect-students-right-to-carry-pastry-guns.html

#10yrsago Crooks rip off nonprofit rape crisis center, then return the stuff with an apology note https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/stolen-computers-arrive-back-at-non-2013-08/

#10yrsago Judge who accepted #PrivatePrison bribes to send black kids to jail sentenced to 28 years https://rollingout.com/2013/07/30/judge-must-serve-28-years-after-making-2-million-for-sending-children-to-jail/

#10yrsago #CivilForfeiture: America’s daylight robbery, courtesy of the #WarOnDrugs https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2013/08/12/taken

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Global News BC: Motorcycle seized after rider clocked at 200 km/h before fleeing police: Surrey RCMP https://globalnews.ca/news/9737342/motorcycle-excessive-speed-seized/ #globalnews #britishcolumbia #news #motorcycleexcessivespeed #ExcessiveSpeeding #motorcycleseized #Civilforfeiture #excessivespeed #Motorcylce #SurreyRCMP #Surrey #Crime #SPEED

RT @pjaicomo
#CivilForfeiture is theft. It always has been. For a long time, courts let the govt do it with almost no pushback. But thanks to @IJ's the strategic work, courts are finally asking easy questions. And the govt can't answer them. Because of the first sentence of this tweet. /END

"There has never been a criminal conviction or even criminal charge related to the van, [but] #police never returned it.

"That is how #CivilForfeiture can work..."

It is LEGAL for police to take your property, without proof of wrongdoing, without a court case, without charges, without an arrest. Basically, all property is owned by the state.

Fuck that!

https://www.wsbtv.com/news/local/south-fulton-county/ga-police-legally-seized-cars-without-proving-wrongdoing-court-failed-report-state/6WQ72EK2HFA5DDKM6KPUHQRW4U/
Georgia police legally seized cars without proving wrongdoing in court, failed to report to state | WSB

#IAmDB

Fourth Circuit Issues Important Decision Affirming The Presumption Of Innocence In Civil Forfeiture Cases

#Law #LawFedi #CivilForfeiture #4thCircuit

https://ij.org/press-release/fourth-circuit-issues-important-decision-affirming-the-presumption-of-innocence-in-civil-forfeiture-cases/

@CStamp @hannu_ikonen @igd_news
Yep, in #CivilForfeiture, the burden of proof is on you, not the state.

@hannu_ikonen @igd_news
Absolutely using #CivilForfeiture to rob people blind. Oh there is a trace of drugs in the car (that LEO planted), they take your car, they take your stuff, they take cash out of your wallet.

#civilforfeiture -- government seized millions from businessman who never faced a charge: https://torontosun.com/opinion/columnists/lilley-government-seized-millions-from-vancouver-businessman-who-has-never-faced-a-charge

The FBI Seized Heirlooms, Coins, and Cash From Hundreds of Safe Deposit Boxes in Beverly Hills, Despite Knowing 'Some' Belonged to 'Honest Citizens'

https://reason.com/2021/05/10/the-fbi-seized-heirlooms-coins-and-cash-from-hundreds-of-safe-deposit-boxes-in-beverly-hills-despite-knowing-some-belonged-to-honest-citizens

"The #FBI has nearly 1,000 safe deposit boxes in its #custody, anyone who comes forward to identify themselves and claim their #possessions risks becoming the target of a #criminal #investigation."

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The FBI can’t seize first and ask questions later:
https://www.ocregister.com/2021/04/22/the-fbi-cant-seize-first-and-ask-questions-later

#USPrivateVaults #USPV #Seized #CivilForfeiture