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by tehwebguy 1536 days ago
There is literally no legal way to stop this from happening. Even if it is made illegal everywhere there are effectively zero DAs willing to prosecute police for anything they do on the job.
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Ok. But you can make civil asset forfeiture illegal. Now they may so seize your property, but it would be a more straightforward fourth amendment battle
They are literally stealing from the people they are charged with serving in broad daylight with zero actual justification, if it’s made illegal they will simply not give you a receipt. The individuals that use “civil forfeiture” are not like normal people, they are movie mafia goons and they cannot be reformed.