US Suspends Controversial Asset-Forfeiture Program Targeting Airline Travelers

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2. Civil Asset Forfeiture...

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... is a vile obscenity that should NEVER have been enacted into law. It is a blatant violation of civil liberties enshrined in the 4th Amendment:

"The right of the people to be secure in their persons, houses, papers, and effects, against unreasonable searches and seizures, shall not be violated, and no Warrants shall issue, but upon probable cause, supported by Oath or affirmation, and particularly describing the place to be searched, and the persons or things ..."

In a civilized society one's assets cannot be confiscated until, and unless, one has been charged and subsequently convicted of a crime. Police departments across the country are enriching themselves through literal highway robbery. And they never return confiscated assets unless forced to by the courts, and even then, corrupt police unions fight tooth and nail to retain the stolen assets, or the revenue obtained though their sale, EVEN IF THE VICTIM IS NEVER CHARGED WITH, OR CONVICTED OF A CRIME!
Too many have been forced to give up their fight for the return of that which should never have been stolen in the first place, because of the prohibitive cost of litigation, and some have lost everything because of a grotesquely corrupt legal system that protects LEOs no matter how egregious their crimes may be.

For the record: My younger son is a LEO, and this is one of the few things on which we agree.