Government is supposed to defend our rights, including rights to property. Too often, our police departments merely steal. Play criminal themselves. Click on over to Townhall.com for the full story. Come back here for more reading … and viewing:
- Institute for Justice – TAKEN: New Report Finds Civil Forfeiture Laws Are Fueling Explosive Growth in Property Seizures
- Institute for Justice report – Policing for Profit: The Abuse of Civil Asset Forfeiture
- Washington Post – Most Americans don’t realize it’s this easy for police to take your cash
- YouTube – Policing for Profit Visualized: How Big Is Civil Forfeiture?
- Washington Post – Radley Balko: The Booming Business of Asset Forfeiture
- Watchdog.org – CA’s bright spot on civil asset forfeiture overshadowed by federal entanglements
- New York Post – Jacob Sullum: Lame excuses for letting the cops be robbers
- Washington Post – Radley Balko: How much civil asset forfeiture will Holder’s new policy actually prevent?
- Washington Free Beacon – Feds Take $4.5 Billion Worth of Private Property From Americans in 2014