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by meat_fist 3652 days ago
FBI can rob you at gunpoint because people get robbed at gunpoint all the time.
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lowbloodsugar 3651 days ago
They aren't robbing you. They are seizing property that they found and which you are making wild claims of ownership based on the idea that it was in a backpack on your back.
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tracker1 3651 days ago
It's not a criminal matter.. it's "civil" asset forfeiture... although if you resist, it is a criminal matter. :-/
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pkaeding 3651 days ago
Sounds like civil asset forfeiture to me...
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