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SilverElfin ◴[] 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. AngryData ◴[] No.45422532[source]
Because it doesn't get used against wealthy or connected people so they have no reason to care. Cops like it because they get to steal shit with zero risk, courts are ambivalent about it because its legal and courts still get money for the case regardless, politicians like it because it makes their police budget seem cheaper and it will never be used against them.