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SC Upholds Civil Asset Forfeiture (lemmy.world)

submitted 9 months ago by alphanerd4 to c/usauthoritarianism

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[–] [email protected] 16 points 9 months ago* (last edited 9 months ago)

Yes, but you see, the legislators need the police to protect them from the unwashed masses. But the legislators don't want to have to pay the police themselves, so how do they compensate the police for the extra protection? By leaving asset forfeiture in place; Legislators don't have to do anything, and get benefit from it. Police only have to claim your property is guilty of being involved in a crime, and boom, it's theirs now.