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Tag: Civil Asset Forfeiture
City Forced To Abolish Civil Asset Forfeiture And Pay Back Victims The Millions It Stole From Them
The innocent family that had their home seized by police through civil asset forfeiture fought back, and their victory will affect other residents for years to come. Philadelphia, PA – (TFTP) The city that has gained a reputation for the egregious civil asset forfeiture practices committed by its police department, will now be forced to dismantle Read More…
The Real Story Behind Marijuana Opposition
“Insanity is doing the same thing over and over again and expecting a different result.” – Albert Einstein One would be hard pressed to find a person not jaded by the American political system. Lies and deception accepted as “part of the process” as if to imply that it is outside the politician’s control, and Read More…
Policing For Profit: The Illegal Seizure Of Marijuana Assets
“Between 1989 and 2010 an estimated 12.6 billion dollars was seized by US attorneys in asset forfeiture cases, the growth rate of seizures during that time was nearly a 20% increase every single year.” – Ed Burns, Former Homicide & Narcotics Police Detective Many would find it hard to believe that despite the ever-growing percentage Read More…
Suffolk County DA Used $3.3 Million In Asset Forfeitures To Fund Massive Public Employee “Bonuses”
Just over a month ago we wrote about the curious case of Frank Ranelli of Alabama and the growing problem of asset forfeitures all across the United States. Ranelli, who owned a local computer repair shop in Ensley, Alabama, showed up to work one day in 2010 only to later be raided by local police who proceeded Read More…
10 Things You’re Not Supposed To Know
“The general population doesn’t know what’s happening, and it doesn’t even know that it doesn’t know.” ~Noam Chomsky 1.) It is nearly impossible to pay off the national debt: “Nothing is so well calculated to produce a death-like torpor in the country as an extended system of taxation and a great national debt.”~William Cobbett This is Read More…