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by wahnfrieden 968 days ago
US police routinely extort as well - you get your property back (such as a building) if you pay us for it, or if you donate a truck to the sheriff, etc

I’ve posted front page articles on this if you want references

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Not that guy but you have quite a few posts (really like some btw). Do you happen to have some specific best ones handy to share? I'll check out more of your submissions later anyhow.
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=36975143

https://www.ajc.com/news/state--regional-govt--politics/like...

https://www.wxyz.com/news/local-news/investigations/after-hi...

https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=37352486

just the ones within reach

civil forfeiture is also a problem in canada and likely other countries that i don't know as much about - don't mean to paint it as a US-centric issue