Earlier this week the president revealed that he supports civil asset forfeiture (of course he does) when he told a sheriff that he would "destroy" a state senator fighting to rein in civil asset forfeiture. Another state senator who opposes civil asset forfeiture, Daylin Leach of Pennsylvania, dared the president to try to destroy him, by tweeting: "Hey @realDonaldTrump I oppose civil asset forfeiture too! Why don't you try to destroy my career you fascist, loofa-faced, shit-gibbon!"
The Oklahoma Department of Public Safety has purchased several ‘Electronic Recovery and Access to Data’ devices to install in police cruisers for seizing funds from prepaid debit cards during roadside arrests.
A police detective in Rock Falls, Illinois has been arrested for stealing more than $1,700 in cash found on the body of a man who died of a heroin overdose. Detective Sgt. Veronica Jaramillo, 43, was taken into police custody on May 17, 2016 by Illinois State Police and charged with theft and official misconduct.
Civil asset forfeiture is way for police to confiscate people’s property and share the bounty with prosecutors’ offices, without the tiresome hassle of due process.
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