Police Civil Asset Forfeitures Exceed All Burglaries in 2014
Well, it turns out that cops steal more money from American people than thieves do. Between 1989 and 2010, U.S....
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Ohio Prosecutors Fighting Bill That Limits Their Ability to Steal Your Property
County prosecutors have taken bipartisan fire for opposing a bill that would ban law enforcement from seizing private property without...
Blacks, Hispanics Account For Nearly Two-Thirds Of Cop’s Cash Seizures
As the legality of civil asset forfeiture continues to be debated and authorities wrestle with the possible civil rights violations,...
Former Texas DA Misused Asset Forfeiture Funds
Former Dallas County District Attorney Craig Watkins is accused of misusing asset forfeiture funds for personal use. The Dallas Morning...
Court Rules Cops Wrong To Seize Car Over $20 Of Weed, But There is More
The Business of Marijuana For nearly three years, Linda Ross, 26, has been fighting the seizure of her vehicle, which...
Ohio is Next For Asset Forfeiture Reform
A national bipartisan coalition is pushing legislators in Ohio and other Midwestern states to overhaul civil forfeiture laws that critics...
New Federal Bill Would End Marijuana Forfeiture Slush Fund
The Business of Marijuana A sweet new bill with bipartisan support is seeking to cut off all funding for the...
California Cops Undermine Asset Forfeiture Reform
As a result of a concerted effort by law enforcement, the California Assembly last week voted down common-sense civil asset...
DOJ is Helping Law Enforcement Agencies Fight Back Against Asset Forfeiture Reform
At the beginning of this year, Attorney General Eric Holder attempted to close an exploitable loophole in asset forfeiture laws....
California Cops Unions Sink Asset Forfeiture Law
SWAT team members surround a home on Eisenhower Dr. that a possible robbery suspect ran into following a chase in...
California Cops Opposed to Due Process Bill For Asset Forfeiture
SWAT team members surround a home on Eisenhower Dr. that a possible robbery suspect ran into following a chase in...
Legislation to be Introduced in Ohio Requiring Convictions Before Asset Forfeiture
Law-enforcement agencies shouldn’t be able, under the color of law, to appropriate an innocent person’s possessions — a nice car,...
St. Louis Cops Seized 2006 World Series Tickets From Scalpers Then Used Them to go to Games
For the three 2006 World Series games in St. Louis against the Detroit Tigers, the St. Louis Police Department assembled...
Michigan Senate Moves to Reform Asset Forfeiture Laws
Michigan is one step closer to requiring police to keep track of how much property they seize from citizens. Michigan’s Senate Judiciary...
Oklahoma Prosecutor Used Asset Forfeiture to Pay Off Student Loans, Live Rent-Free
An assistant district attorney in the state of Oklahoma lived rent-free in a house confiscated by local law enforcement under...
More Business Owners Fighting the IRS to Get Their Seized Money Back
The IRS took nearly $154,000 from Greenville, N.C., convenience store owner Khalid (Ken) Quran. Quran signed a form consenting to...
An Expensive and Bankrupt Criminal Justice System
In June, the Coalition For Public Safety, a bipartisan group consisting of Center For American Progress (CAP), Americans for Tax Reform...
Police Officer Pockets $6,000 From People Who Had Their Cars Taken Through Forfeiture
Left: Illustration of police asset forfeiture; Right: Sgt. Michael Hurt of Morristown, Tennessee A Tennessee police officer was indicted by...
The Confiscation Lobby Must End
by Larry M. Elkin, CPA, CFP® Every motorist who has ever fallen into a speed trap knows that abuses are...
Pressure Mounting Against Pennsylvania’s Civil Asset Forfeiture Law
Neill Franklin HARRISBURG, Pa. — Retired Maj. Neill Franklin oversaw more than a dozen drug task forces that used civil...
