Civil Forfeiture? WTF? So the po po can just take your stuff because they "think" you are going to do something wrong. Merica sure has come a long way the wrong way. http://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2013/08/12/taken
Civil Forfeiture? WTF? So the po po can just take your stuff because they "think" you are going to do something wrong. Merica sure has come a long way the wrong way. http://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2013/08/12/taken
This has been around for awhile, guilty until proven innocent, burden of proof that those items aren't being used or were gained in or from illegal activities is on the suspect.
Very true, back in the 80's a company near Morgan City got fined by the EPA because they had "the potential" to commit air and water quality violations.
I'm pretty sure I've met Barry Washington and I definitely met the mayor of Tenaha and Constable Watley in 2006. They seemed like nice people. Fuck them.
Let's say you go to the casino and you win 5000 dollars, if you take the cash option and get pulled over on the way home, if you don't have the documentation proving you won that money, the police can take it.
This is what I was talking about. It's bullshit and if this is really going on it is all sorts of fucked up
St. Landry Parish and Calcasieu parish are notorious for seizing cars and money with no legitimate reason. The judges back them up because they get a piece of the action.
I've never heard of anything like this but apparently it's pretty widespread cause this is the 2nd time I hear about it today.