http://www.cjpf.org/newsarticles/baltexaminer_mar9.htm
It's not like these people were kingpins sporting their ride in pimped-out Bentleys, or even Cadillacs.
Kinda scary isn't it? NOBODY is "safe" anymore in the BOGUS "Land of the Free!"
2007-03-17 06:22:39 · 8 answers · asked by Col. Forbin 3 in News & Events ➔ Other - News & Events
Forfeiture Endangers American Rights!
http://fear.org/
2007-03-17 06:39:33 · update #1
It is an outrage. The law which allows police to confiscate assets used in the commission of a crime was originally written to go after the drug lords. The theory was that they should not have access to the tools needed to continue their crimes. It has gone too far.
Police often seize cars or money because they "suspect" they "might" be used in a crime. The I-95 corridor through Florida and I-10 through Louisiana are notorious for abuses. In Florida a few years back a Baltimore woman (black) was stopped as she was driving with her two small children. She had $800 cash which the police confiscated as suspicious because large quantities of cash indicate drug trafficking. She explained that she was going to Disney World with her kids and didn't have a credit card. She had saved over two years to get the money. The police were unmoved and told her the only reason they didn't seize her car was because of the kids.
A New Mexico man driving through Louisiana had his car seized in a "random" stop because police claimed some of the cash in his wallet had traces of cocaine. [Virtually all cash in the US has traces of cocaine.]
In Detroit a man borrowed his ex-wife's car. In the course of the evening he employed the services of a hooker. They were having sex in the car when police came upon them, arrested them, and seized the car. The man explained it was not even his car but it made no difference.
In each of these incidents the case went to the Supreme Court and the Court upheld the seizures as being constitutional under the seizure laws originally passed to combat the drug lords.
2007-03-17 06:52:09 · answer #1 · answered by SA Writer 6 · 3⤊ 3⤋
No, I don't think it is extreme. If they didn't want to get in trouble, they shouldn't have been breaking the law.
This story is only "scary" to people who do illegal drugs. They are the ones who are not "safe." Law-abiding citizens don't have to worry about this.
I don't know why you would consider the world a safer place if people were allowed to break any law they wanted to with no consequences. Unless... I don't know, you were on drugs or something.
2007-03-17 06:55:09 · answer #2 · answered by Shawn 6 · 2⤊ 3⤋
Look at all of the thumbs down from the freakish druggies!
Screw 'em. Its the LAW! Remember law? Get caught and pay the price. Period. I cant stand these bozo's that use "freedom" as a soapbox to legalise drugs and drug use.
Thats the problem these day's......enforcing our laws are denounced by the drugged out leftists claiming they are losing freedoms.
If you dont like it....get out of my country.
2007-03-17 07:57:36 · answer #3 · answered by dave b 6 · 1⤊ 3⤋
without looking at any report, I bet those people are white, easy target, least chance to get sued for the police
2007-03-17 06:28:45 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 3⤋
No, not extreme, since we live in the land of the drug addicts and criminals therewith...until they are gone, no we are not free--or safe!
2007-03-17 06:31:54 · answer #5 · answered by beetlejuice49423 5 · 4⤊ 4⤋
BOO!!!
DOWN WITH THE USA!
END THE WAR ON DRUGS!
2007-03-17 07:16:12 · answer #6 · answered by S D Modiano 5 · 2⤊ 3⤋
Well, you shouldnt carry drugs around anyway.
2007-03-17 06:53:18 · answer #7 · answered by Jose G 3 · 2⤊ 4⤋
no.
2007-03-17 06:33:08 · answer #8 · answered by bernice l 4 · 2⤊ 5⤋