Is it just me.. or does Ms Lynch doesn’t seem to know the difference between operation CHOKE POINT and the DOJ’s ASSET FORFEITURE program.
During testifying before the Senate hearing on her confirmation has week. Ms. Lynch expressed her finding that both civil and criminal asset forfeitures is a excellent “tool” in fighting crime.. listening to the pod cast from the CATO institute.. many law enforcement agencies are DEPENDENT on the seizures of these funds.. and this DEPENDENCY has cause them to ABUSE this law. It would appear that law enforcement and our entire judicial system is very familiar with ADDICTION ABUSE and DEPENDENCE… except in their case it would appear to be POWER and MONEY..
Apparently Ms. Lynch has no problems with the judicial system seizing a person’s assets… before they have been charged and found guilty of any crime.. and 85% of the time.. the person is never even charged.. let alone convicted of a crime…. and the person seldom gets all their assets back and/or get back pennies on the dollar seized..
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In case you haven’t seen John Oliver’s take on civil forfeiture… as always, it’s educational, as well as funny.