Did you know that the police can seize your property and keep it EVEN IF THEY DON’T CHARGE YOU WITH A CRIME?
It’s called civil asset forfeiture. Once your property is seized you must go through the difficult, and often unsuccessful process to get your property–whether it’s a vehicle, cash or your home–back from the police.
Police officers do not need warrants to seize property under civil asset forfeiture, and police departments can keep seized assets — even if the owner is found not guilty.
The law allows for state and local agencies to pad their budgets with seized money and property.
Read more: http://www.nationaljournal.com/politics/rand-paul-loretta-lynch-civil-asset-forfeiture-20150415
New Mexico has just effectively outlawed civil asset forfeiture. It should be a model law for all states.
Read more about the New Mexico law here: http://dailycaller.com/2015/04/10/breaking-new-mexico-gov-abolishes-civil-asset-forfeiture-bill/
And watch this video to learn more about civil asset forfeiture:
http://dailysignal.com/2015/04/17/advocates-tell-congress-reform-civil-asset-forfeiture-now/http://uspolitics.about.com/od/usgovernment/a/contact_congres.htm
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That video is HILARIOUS but the subject matter is quite scary.