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by dencodev 1911 days ago
Civil forfeiture has a bad track record because it's used on poor and lower class people 99.999% of the time. I imagine if it was only used on rich people it'd have a stellar reputation.
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> if it was only used on rich people it'd have a stellar reputation

We've tried this, a lot, in Latin America. It doesn't work. Throwing out the rule of law because you don't like a group of people is a short-term strategy.

Seems to be a long term strategy against poor people in America