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http://www.washingtonpost.com/news/...lls-poker-game-seizes-cash-terrifies-players/
Great Comments:
"Case in point as to how unchecked civil forfeiture practices provide bad incentives and lead to dangerous and wasteful behavior by law enforcement. And while Fairfax police might get some SWAT training and extra toys out of it, taxpayers are still paying the salaries of officers to waste their time on these raids, not to mention the expense of having state prosecutors and the court system process the whole mess."
"So, for Fairfax County, this is primarily all about two things: (1) the lure of civil forfeiture goodies; and (2) a little low-risk training for the SWAT team."
Civil forfeiture is the government power to take property suspected of involvement in a crime. Unlike criminal forfeiture—used to take the ill-gotten gains of criminal activity after a criminal conviction—with civil forfeiture, police can take property without so much as charging the owner with any wrongdoing.
Don't ya just love how there's a presumption (of guilt) that large amounts of cash MUST be tied to illegal activity......therefore it's seized and up to the person who it was seized from to prove it wasn't.
So basically, if you have large amounts of cash (which is your right), the police can (and will) assume it originates from illegal activity and YOU have to prove it's not to get it back or else it's gone forever.
Great Comments:
"Case in point as to how unchecked civil forfeiture practices provide bad incentives and lead to dangerous and wasteful behavior by law enforcement. And while Fairfax police might get some SWAT training and extra toys out of it, taxpayers are still paying the salaries of officers to waste their time on these raids, not to mention the expense of having state prosecutors and the court system process the whole mess."
"So, for Fairfax County, this is primarily all about two things: (1) the lure of civil forfeiture goodies; and (2) a little low-risk training for the SWAT team."
Civil forfeiture is the government power to take property suspected of involvement in a crime. Unlike criminal forfeiture—used to take the ill-gotten gains of criminal activity after a criminal conviction—with civil forfeiture, police can take property without so much as charging the owner with any wrongdoing.
Don't ya just love how there's a presumption (of guilt) that large amounts of cash MUST be tied to illegal activity......therefore it's seized and up to the person who it was seized from to prove it wasn't.
So basically, if you have large amounts of cash (which is your right), the police can (and will) assume it originates from illegal activity and YOU have to prove it's not to get it back or else it's gone forever.
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