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December 27, 2015 05:55 am PST
Original Link: http://feeds.boingboing.net/~r/boingboing/iBag/~3/RdcHfO090y4/doj-shuts-down-asset-forfeitur.html
DoJ shuts down asset forfeiture program after Congress slashes its budget
In America, your belongings can be confiscated by the police without warrant or evidence as proceeds of a crime, and then the government sues your possessions (not you), in lawsuits like "Township of East Bumblefuck vs $50,000 in $100 bills." (more…)
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