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Post by avordvet on Aug 16, 2013 4:53:34 GMT -5
Forfeiture laws turn public officials into profiteersBy: Steven Greenhut, 8/15/2013 09:45 AM SACRAMENTO — The federal agents who cracked down on the illegal distribution of alcoholic beverages traditionally were called “revenuers.” I always liked the simple honesty of the term, given that the main goal of the revenuers was, as the name implied, to track down moonshining scofflaws who didn’t pay their taxes. Federal agents long-ago shed that title, but sometimes it seems as if federal law is more about collecting revenues than anything more ennobling. www.humanevents.com/2013/08/15/forfeiture-laws-turn-public-officials-into-profiteers/
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Post by avordvet on Sept 16, 2015 4:05:19 GMT -5
How The Justice Department Is Actively Preventing Civil Asset Forfeiture ReformSubmitted by Tyler Durden on 09/15/2015 20:30 -0400 Submitted by Mike Krieger via Liberty Blitzkrieg blog, Civil asset forfeiture is one of the most unethical and barbaric practices routinely performed by law enforcement in these United States today. Naturally, the Department of Justice is doing everything it can to protect the practice. When I say that the rule of law is dead in America, I am not exaggerating. In fact, with each passing day it becomes increasingly obvious that the Justice Department not only has no interest in justice, it appears to view its primary role as coddling and protecting lawlessness amongst the so-called “elite” and their minions. www.zerohedge.com/news/2015-09-15/how-justice-department-actively-preventing-civil-asset-forfeiture-reform
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