If a private person uses force or threat of force to pull a vehicle over to the side of the road in order to steal the drivers cash or car, its called highway robbery or carjacking. The person will go to prison, maybe for decades. But when the police do it, its called asset forfeiture. And its legal even when the person is never charged with any crime! I described this in my book The New Jim Crow, and Im glad to see that this gross abuse of power (legalized robbery by the police) is finally getting some attention in the mainstream media. Existing asset forfeiture laws ought to be abolished.
Posted on: Mon, 08 Sep 2014 17:16:44 +0000
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