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<\/a>\r\nAttorney General Eric H. Holder Jr. on Friday barred local and state\r\npolice from using federal law to seize cash, cars and other property\r\nwithout warrants or criminal charges.\r\n<\/p>\r\n
\r\nHolder’s action represents the most sweeping check on police power\r\nto confiscate personal property since the seizures began three\r\ndecades ago as part of the war on drugs.\r\n<\/p>\r\n
\r\nSince 2008,\r\n\r\n thousands of local and state police agencies have made\r\nmore than 55,000 seizures of cash and property worth $3 billion\r\nunder a civil asset forfeiture program at the Justice Department\r\ncalled Equitable Sharing.\r\n<\/p>\r\n<\/blockquote>\r\n
\r\nEquitably sharing your assets\r\n\r\nto buy their shiny cars, armored vehicles, and\r\noffice espresso machines<\/a>.\r\n
\r\nWith this DoJ move, maybe there is a Fourth Amendment after all.\r\nPolice departments should be funded by taxes, not asset seizures.\r\n
\r\nHere’s \r\nDoJ’s Civil Asset Fofeiture web page<\/a>\r\nand DoJ’s\r\nDoJ press release<\/a>.\r\n
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