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Showing posts with label policing for profit. Show all posts
Showing posts with label policing for profit. Show all posts

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June 6, 2020 From 9/11 to COVID-19, it’s been a perpetual state of emergency fromTheRutherfordInstitute:  "Freedom from servitude...

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June 14, 2019 Cuba rations food as its socialist economy enters crisis mode fromMises:  You probably know what is going on in Venezuel...

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Dec 27, 2018 Policing for Profit fromHPR:  A primary incentive to violate citizen's rights. Money is a powerful driving force, an ...

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July 23, 2016 Trump’s tariffs injure another American business fromReason:   Tariffs always divert resources toward government-favored ...

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March 6, 2018 The awful Supreme Court precedent that helped create today's asset forfeiture nightmare fromLibertyPen/YouTube:  ...

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February 12, 2018 Convictions thrown out after police caught paying labs for positive DUI test results fromTheFreeThoughtProject:  ...

Police State America

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Latest Update: August 10, 2017 Once again, our public servants go to wrong address and kill the man who lives there ...

VIDEO: It's Back: Federal Asset Forfeiture Laws

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Government gives itself a license to steal. No crime necessary.

Feds Resume Program That Lets Cops Steal From You

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by Bonnie Kristian.        Well, that didn’t last long. In December, the Justice Department (DOJ) announced it would halt a program whi...

VIDEO: John Stossel - Drug War Corruption

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Civil Asset Forfeiture Allows For Abuse Of Police Power

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by Allison Chavez.     People need to be aware of the practice of civil asset forfeiture and understand their rights when dealing with the...

Shining A Light On Police Seizures, Civil Forfeitures

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by Nick Sibilla and Lauren Krisai.      How a town of 7,000 can build a $4.1 million dollar police station.   Mississippi has some of th...

Asset Forfeiture Steals Due Process Rights

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A Las Vegas Review-Journal editorial. On a dark desert highway, a sleek, Navy-blue Ford Explorer forces a car to the side of the road. Ar...

Force Awakens As Asset-Forfeiture Plunder Is Threatened

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by Orange County Register editorial.     The Justice Department gave civil liberties advocates an early Christmas present last week when i...

DOJ Suspends Asset Forfeiture Equitable Sharing

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by Mikayla Hellwich.      Police currently take more of citizens’ assets than thieves do. The Department of Justice released a memorandum...

DOJ Suspends Abusive Asset Forfeiture Program – For Now

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by Ilya Somin.      On Monday, the Justice Department suspended its abusive “equitable sharing” asset forfeiture program, which incentiviz...

Public Safety's Greatest Threat: The American Police State

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by Matthew Harwood.        If you’ve been listening to various police agencies and their supporters, then you know what the future holds: ...

Drug Czar Wants More $ To Spend On Taking Your Stuff

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by Nick Gillespie.        The Washington Post reports that the Office of National Drug Control Policy (ONDCP) wants more money "to ...

Charles P. Pierce: That Whole "License To Steal" Thing

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Civil forfeiture is a civil shitshow.        There was a very interesting statistic that popped earlier this month as regards criminals a...

J.D. Tuccille: Business Opportunities For Corrupt Cops

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Drug laws and gun controls.   Following in the footsteps of so many people before him, Juan Pimentel saw opportunity in restrictive laws...