This New Yorker article makes the blood boil. Civil forfeiture, a system by which the government confiscates property it assumes is related to crimes, has become an enticing--and thus abused--method for state and local governments to outright steal from the powerless.
State Thugs and the Purpose of Government
State Thugs and the Purpose of Government
State Thugs and the Purpose of Government
This New Yorker article makes the blood boil. Civil forfeiture, a system by which the government confiscates property it assumes is related to crimes, has become an enticing--and thus abused--method for state and local governments to outright steal from the powerless.