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Aerroon
1909 days ago
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.
3 comments
SturgeonsLaw
1909 days ago
Law enforcement reserves the right to commit murder with impunity, why would theft keep them up at night?
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LocalH
1909 days ago
I think it's a weird perversion of the "monopoly on violence" that the state claims.
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mlindner
1909 days ago
Because the drug war, and racism.
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