Last month, as the Michigan Senate debated a host of reforms to the state’s civil asset forfeiture laws, the Michigan State Police released its Asset Forfeiture Report, the annual publication required by state law that details Michigan’s drug-related forfeiture activities.
The report aggregates data from 629 local police departments, sheriff’s departments, and multijurisdictional task forces, plus the Michigan State Police. Civil forfeiture is a policy that enables law enforcement authorities to seize property or currency if they suspect it is involved in, or is the result of, a crime.
Americans Have Few Protections in Civil Proceedings
Since forfeiture proceedings are civil, not criminal, property owners are afforded few due process protections. With no presumption of innocence or right to an attorney, innocent property owners fighting the seizure of their homes and life savings face a legal landscape skewed against them in nearly every way possible.
3 comments:
Sounds like 'stole' should replace 'seized' in the title!
Be prepared to defend what is yours - remember what our own government did to the Native Americans here in this country....it started with taking their guns!
Used to be known as "highway robbery". The perps were killed on sight.
Now your "leaders" have said "look at all the money!!".
When asked about the 4th Amendment and due process and the Constitution, they said "did you hear what I just said about the money!??".
They (and I mean the all branches of government and their armed enforcers) don't care about the law -- they operate under the "two sets of laws" thing.
Hundreds of police departments depend on cash and property seizures to fund their activities. With that kind of incentive, they give men guns and badges to go take what they can from the citizens. And people cheer like crazy.
The wheels turn....
Read the 5th Amendment...The whole Amendment...
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