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Alaska Seized a $95,000 Plane over Illicit Cargo: A Six-Pack of Beer

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67 points ceejayoz | 6 comments | 29 Sep 25 15:34 UTC | HN request time: 0.798s | source | bottom
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SilverElfin ◴[29 Sep 25 15:41 UTC] No.45415187[source]▶
Civil forfeiture is something both sides agree is unconstitutional and wrong. Why has it taken so long to ban it and hold people accountable?
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1. ceejayoz ◴[29 Sep 25 15:45 UTC] No.45415239[source]▶
Because American police bomb (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joseph_Alioto), riot (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Patrolmen%27s_Benevolent_Assoc...), and doxx (https://www.nytimes.com/2020/06/01/nyregion/chiara-de-blasio...) when they don't get their way.
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2. mothballed ◴[29 Sep 25 16:22 UTC] No.45415624[source]▶
After the police agencies in California threw such a fit that the courts made concealed carry 'shall' issue, the government threw such a fit that they wholesale published the names, addresses, and DROS details of everyone in California with a CCW, including say DV victims that might be in hiding and even hilariously judges and prosecutors [].

They tried to make it sound like a 'leak', but it was published on a polished government website that let you filter and aggregate the results.

[]https://www.latimes.com/california/story/2022-06-29/californ...

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3. potato3732842 ◴[29 Sep 25 17:28 UTC] No.45416438[source]▶
How much of that was the police and how much of that was the politicians? Because the politicians were pretty pissed off about that too.
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5. red_rech ◴[29 Sep 25 17:34 UTC] No.45416505[source]▶
If we can use the military to sweep up petty criminals and drug addicts we can do the same for a violent armed paramilitary no?
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6. mrguyorama ◴[29 Sep 25 17:35 UTC] No.45416520[source]▶
We cannot, because we voted for the people who "back the blue" no matter what.

Vote for different people if you want change.