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Title: Police Civil Asset Forfeitures Exceed All Burglaries in 2014
Source:
Truth Voice
URL Source: http://truthvoice.com/2015/11/polic ... exceed-all-burglaries-in-2014/
Published: Nov 17, 2015
Author: Martin Armstrong.
Post Date: 2015-11-18 09:52:26 by Deckard
Keywords: None
Views: 497
Comments: 4
Well, it turns out that cops steal more money from American people than thieves do. Between 1989 and 2010, U.S. attorneys seized an estimated $12.6 billion in asset forfeiture cases. The growth rate during that time averaged +19.4% annually. In 2010 alone, the value of assets seized grew by +52.8% from 2009 and was six times greater than the total for 1989. Then by 2014, that number had ballooned to roughly $4.5 billion for the year, making this 35% of the entire number of assets collected from 1989 to 2010 in a single year. According to the FBI, the total amount of goods stolen by criminals in 2014 burglary offenses suffered an estimated $3.9 billion in property losses. This means that the police are now taking more assets than the criminals. (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}); The police have been violating the laws to confiscate assets all over the country. A scathing report on California warns of pervasive abuse by police to rob the people without proving that any crime occurred. Even Eric Holder came out in January suggesting reform because of the widespread abuse of the civil asset forfeiture laws by police. Bloomberg News has reported now that Stop-and-Seize authority is turning the Police Into Self-Funding Gangs. They are simply confiscating money all under the abuse of this civil asset forfeiture where they do not have to prove you did anything. Prosecutors are now instructing police on how to confiscate money within the grey area of the law. A class action lawsuit was filed against Washington DC where police were robbing people for as little as having $100 in their pocket. This is getting really out of hand and it has indeed converted police into legal criminals or “gangs” as Bloomberg News calls them.
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#1. To: Deckard (#0)
I see the point of this but this is a narrow view of the asset forfeiture racket. It only describes the fraction of all asset forfeitures that are directly connected to federal prosecutors. The real scandal is how much larger the state forfeiture operations are and those would not be covered by this article.
"Police state", when people are more afraid of the police than criminals?
"Police state", when people have more reason to be afraid of the police than criminals? Law enforcement is evolving into one of the biggest criminal enterprises in the country. They have the guns and the entire supporting supervisory superstructure, lawmakers, prosecutors, judges, the entire works. .
Between 1989 and 2010, U.S. attorneys seized an estimated $12.6 billion in asset forfeiture cases. When did the U.S. attorneys become cops? I should think the banksters stole more than $12.6B.
#2. To: Deckard (#0)
#3. To: A Pole (#2)
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"Police state", when people are more afraid of the police than criminals?
#4. To: Deckard (#0)
Well, it turns out that cops steal more money from American people than thieves do.
Between 1989 and 2010, U.S. attorneys seized an estimated $12.6 billion in asset forfeiture cases.
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