[tyingq]

Yeah, I don't understand how civil forfeiture hasn't been quashed by now. It's not just the TSA and DEA, all sorts of law enforcement do it.

[Aerroon]

I don't understand how civil asset forfeiture isn't called stealing. Legal or not, the people doing it are no better than thieves and robbers. They should (probably) be socially treated the same way as well.

[SturgeonsLaw]

Law enforcement reserves the right to commit murder with impunity, why would theft keep them up at night?

[LocalH]

I think it's a weird perversion of the "monopoly on violence" that the state claims.

[mlindner]

Because the drug war, and racism.

[andrei_says_]

Because it targets people from lower classes/castes?

(On caste system in the US I recommend “Caste: The Origins of Our Discontents” by Isabel Wilkerson)

[lotsofpulp]

I don’t understand how neither party has made it a top issue to address.

[throwaway0a5e]

Because the blue states love seizing guns and the red states love seizing drugs (and any assets the person who has either happens to have with them).

[warkdarrior]

> Because the blue states love seizing guns

Citation needed.

[mannerheim]

https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:EPRO_in_the_United_S...

[viraptor]

That's with judge's permission. It's a planned action, not a "we stopped you, by the way, give it to us".

[mannerheim]

Irrelevant; GP asked for a citation of blue states loving seizing guns.

[tyingq]

I suppose nobody's been dumb enough to do it to a Senator or their inner circle.