Entries by Sebastian Rucci

Tennessee Corruption Case Raises Questions about Forfeiture and Police Office Culture

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“They’re Taking My Stuff!” – Now on Video!

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Report: Government Seizes Billions in Private Property, but Citizens Have Little Recourse

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Every year, federal, state, and local government agents take and permanently keep, collectively, billions of dollars of Americans’ property through a practice called civil forfeiture, which allows police officers to seize property (including cash) based on law enforcement believing there is probable cause the property is related to crime. Prosecutors then can shift the ownership […]

Countering Civil Forfeiture Myths with Facts

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Every year, federal, state, and local government agents take—and permanently keep—billions of dollars of Americans’ property through civil forfeiture. The practice of civil forfeiture creates significant benefits for interest groups within government, such as policy makers, police officers, and prosecutors. Forfeiture reduces the taxes that policy makers would otherwise have to levy and captures funds […]

Five Myths of Civil Forfeiture

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Cops Seize Almost $150,000 from Black Musician for Not Using His Turn Signal

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