Police Grab and Keep $8,000 from Woman in Horrific Story
Guest by post by Bob Unruh
This article originally appeared on WND.com
‘The authorities can pocket what they can seize by forfeit’
Civil forfeiture is becoming more and more of an issue in the United States. Many jurisdictions allow police to simply take money from people, and keep it, even if those who lose the money never are accused of a crime.
That’s been a standard for many years, until just recently when people started fighting back.
Of late, there have been several decisions that say police departments, which often want to simply keep the money for their own budgets, no longer can grab the cash and spend it.
