Showing posts with label theft. Show all posts
Showing posts with label theft. Show all posts
The Asset Forfeiture Issue Is Not Going Away
by Peter Dujardin and Ashley K. Speed. It doesn't appear that the asset forfeiture issue is going away any time soon. Civil asset forfeiture — the confiscation of people's money and assets by police without a criminal conviction — has recently been a matter of a U.S. Judiciary Committee hearing. And it seems likely to come up in the forthcoming ... MOREDerrick Broze: Introducing REVERSE DRUG STINGS: The Latest Tool For Creating Criminals In The War On Drugs
More criminal tactics from government. "The time has come to remind the Executive Branch that the Constitution
charges it with law enforcement — not crime creation,” one California
judge writes in a damning indictment of the practice, while another
describes agents as “trolling poor neighborhoods.” Since Sept. 11, 2001, law ... MORERadley Balko: If The Government Decides To Destroy Your Property To Fight The Drug War, You're Just Out Of Luck
The drug war means never having to say you’re sorry. A
Houston-based federal judge ruled that the U.S. Drug Enforcement
Administration does not owe the owner of a small Texas trucking company
anything, not even the cost of repairing the bullet holes to a
tractor-trailer truck that the agency used without his permission for a
wild ... MORENew DPA Report Finds 'Policing for Profit' Gone Wild
by Jag Davies. Did you know police are allowed to seize and keep your cash, cars, real estate, and any other property -- even if you're never convicted or even charged with a crime? It's called civil asset forfeiture -- and if it sounds like legalized burglary, that's because it is. In cities and small towns across the country -- Baltimore jumps to mind at ... MORE
Lynch’s Confirmation A Step Backward For Asset Forfeiture
by Mitchell Colbert. Another proponent of government theft at the helm. After nearly three months of debate the Republican-controlled Senate has allowed Loretta Lynch to become the nation’s next Attorney General, replacing Eric Holder. Barack Obama has now appointed both the nation’s first black man and first black woman to serve as ... MORE
Damon Root: Property Rights Vs. USDA Crop Seizures
Gov't takes without paying just compensation. According to the Fifth Amendment to the U.S. Constitution, the government must pay just compensation when it takes private property for a public use. Three years ago, in the case of Arkansas Game & Fish Commission v. United States, the U.S. Supreme Court reaffirmed that command, declaring that ... MOREQuestions Over Missing Cash After Warrantless Search
by Kumi Tucker. A local attorney says Albany police broke the law when they went into her client's apartment without a warrant. Her client says he is now missing thousands of dollars in cash. Attorney Cheryl Coleman's client, Joshua Horne, was arrested on a drug charge in June. She says police took his keys and then used them to get See video ... MOREJustice Department Budget Projects More Asset Forfeiture Seizure Revenue Despite Eric Holder's Puny Reforms
by Matt Sledge and Ryan J. Reilly. Attorney General Eric Holder last month announced reforms to asset
forfeitures, the controversial government practice of seizing property
associated with alleged illicit activity. But the new Justice Department
budget released this week projects the changes will barely cut into
federal seizures. ... MOREHolding Data Hostage: The Perfect Internet Crime?
by Tom Simonite. Every so often someone invents a new way of making money on the Internet that earns wild profits, attracts countless imitators, and reshapes what it means to be online. Unfortunately, such a shift took place last year in the world of online crime, with the establishment of sophisticated malicious software known as ransomware as a ... MORE
Right & Left Unite To Oppose Civil Asset Forfeiture Abuse
by Holland Sentinel editorial board. When people as far apart on the political spectrum as Eric Holder and Rand Paul can agree that a federal program is out of control, you know something must be up. What the libertarian-leaning Republican senator from Kentucky and the famously liberal ally of President Obama are both concerned about is ... MOREJacob Sullum: How Uncle Sam Became A Bank Robber
Legalizing theft. During her
confirmation hearings last week, Loretta Lynch, President
Obama's choice to succeed Eric Holder as attorney general, called
civil forfeiture, a form of legalized theft in which the government
takes people's property without accusing them of a crime, "a
wonderful tool." Lynch, currently the U.S. attorney for the ... MOREHow The Feds Can Legally Steal Your Money
by Rand Paul and Tim Walberg. There are many reasons why the Internal Revenue Service is perhaps the
least-loved agency in America -- a tax code so complex that it seems
like you need an advanced degree to understand it, the dreaded audit
process and revelations that certain groups have been targeted based on their political beliefs. ... MORE
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