Politicians reflect moral rot. During last year's budget negotiation meetings, President Barack Obama told House Speaker John Boehner, "We don't have a spending problem." When Boehner responded with "But, Mr. President, we have a very serious spending problem," Obama replied, "I'm getting tired of hearing you say that." ... MORE
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Showing posts with label theft. Show all posts
Jason Snead: Civil Forfeiture Criticized in Congress
Politician comes out against legalized theft. The growing national chorus in favor of civil asset forfeiture reform
gained new allies in the halls of Congress last week. Denouncing civil
forfeiture as an “ugly development,” Representative Tim Walberg (R–MI) took to the floor of the House of Representatives to call for the practice to be ... MORE
Report Show Police Using Asset Seizure To Bolster Budgets
by Katie Rucke. The police department's license to steal. The rights afforded to people by the U.S. Constitution do not extend to their property. This means that when a law enforcement official suspects that someone’s property — including his or her car, money, home or gun — was involved in a crime, the official can seize that property and ... MORE
Nanny Uses California Law To Assist In Home Invasion
by James Nye. California today, America tomorrow. The first few weeks she was awesome,' said Bracamonte to ABC News about her squatter. 'She would come places with us, help out the kids. She was really great.' But overnight things changed for the stay at home mother and her electrical contractor husband. 'All of a sudden she ... MORE
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Paul Flahive: Civil Forfeiture Laws Under Fire
The police department's license to steal. "When it comes to civil forfeiture laws in Texas, you have no property rights." That headline, from last month's Texas Observer, sums up a lot of criticism surrounding civil forfeiture, the law that allows police to seize property that was used to commit a felony. The language of the statute has been called ... MORE
Jason Snead: Civil Forfeiture Backfires On Former Sheriff
Former legalized theft advocate changes tune. Sometimes, justice prevails. In January, 21-year-old Sylvia Solano slammed her 2003 BMW
into a brick wall. By the time cops arrived, she and her passenger—both
uninjured—were sitting atop the obstinate barrier, clearly intoxicated.
A breathalyzer confirmed she had a blood alcohol ... MORE
Alarm Raised By Growing Gov't Power To Seize Property
by Barnini Chakraborty. Motel owner Russell Caswell wasn’t expecting to find himself at the center of a national controversy when FBI agents came knocking on his door. They said they wanted his Tewksbury, Mass., business – and the land it was on – because they suspected it was a hotbed for drug-dealing and prostitution. The agents, who were ... MORE
Policing For Profit: Getting the Car Back is Bittersweet
by Calvin Sneed. Video from Channel 9. Over the past few months, we've been examining the way that police officers can seize vehicles during routine traffic stops. We discovered that, during many stops that take drunk drivers and drug couriers off the roads, innocent people can get their vehicles seized, too. One particular situation caught ... MORE
Paul Bonneau: Evil Rationalizations For Good People
Why is it that evil proliferates? What mechanism keeps it going? Who is to blame? Why are there so many wars and occupations? Why such huge amounts of theft (“taxes”, fines, fees and “civil forfeiture”)? Why are so many nonviolent people in jail? What keeps the “War on Some Drugs” going? Why does the police state expand and expand? ... MORE
Despite Exposure, Asset Forfeiture Racket Is Humming
by Radley Balko. Policing for profit. Despite some recent exposure in national media outlets such as the New Yorker and “PBS Frontline,” the practice of civil asset forfeiture appears to be as popular as ever. Civil asset forfeiture is the twisted policy that lets police seize any property they believe is connected to a crime (usually a drug crime). ... MORE
WASH TIMES: Putting A Stop To Civil Asset-Forfeiture
Minnesota applies constitutional protections. When cops can help themselves to cash, cars, boats and houses of citizens who have never been charged with a crime, the system is badly broken. Minnesota has become one of the handful of states to do something to fix it. The sight of a lawman in the rear-view mirror can be a reassuring ... MORE
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Man's Las Vegas Casino Winnings Legally Stolen By Cops
Incentives of the drug war. After a successful run at the casinos in Las Vegas, a man carrying a large sum of cash fell victim to a thieving police officer on his way back to California. Without charging him with a crime or even giving him a speeding ticket, the cop seized 50,000 and let him go. This practice of highway robbery is perfectly legal. ... MORE
Civil Forfeiture Drives Mistrust Of Government
by George Will. Earnest moralists lament Americans’ distrust of government. What really is regrettable is that government does much to earn distrust, as Terry Dehko, 70, and his daughter Sandy Thomas, 41, understand. Terry, who came to Michigan from Iraq in 1970, soon did what immigrants often do: He went into business, buying Schott’s ... MORE
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Richard Rahn: Abusive Civil Asset Forfeiture
Theft without due process because it's government. Do you think the Internal Revenue Service
and other government agencies should have the right to seize your
assets, including your bank accounts, when you have not been convicted
of wrongdoing? The fact is, the IRS and other government agencies do this all of the time, and often without ... MORE
Jeff Berwick: Stealing Every Last Penny From Americans
More evidence the government is not us. All of a sudden the government lays claims to your savings. They can't prove you owe them a dime, but you're deprived due process. The legal bills become overwhelming, and so you let your money be stolen. You simply have no choice. Sound outlandish? It's not. Not in the "Land of the Free" ... MORE
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Andrew Napolitano: Hope For The Dead
Freedom means hope for the living. What is the connection between freedom and rising from the dead? When America was in its infancy and struggling to find a culture and frustrated at governance from Great Britain, the word most frequently uttered in speeches and pamphlets and editorials was not safety or taxes or peace; ... MORE
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Can Government Make You Pay A Relative's Debt?
by Wyatt Andrews. Whose going to stop them? Two months ago, Mary Grice, a career employee at the Food and Drug Administration, was notified the U.S. Treasury had confiscated her state and federal tax refunds totaling $4,500. The government had taken the money before she knew there was a problem. "To be honest, I was ticked off," ... MORE
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Nick Sibilla: The Shame of “Equitable Sharing”
The policing for profit scheme. When voters in Colorado and Washington state approved legalizing
marijuana in 2012, those votes undermined an abusive—and
profitable—police practice: civil forfeiture. Unlike with criminal
forfeiture, under civil forfeiture
people do not have to be convicted of or even charged with a crime to
permanently ... MORE
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