...this video introduces a story from Philadelphia that demonstrates a little something called civil forfeiture... ...thats where the police claim your property was the scene of a crime or was somehow involved in a crime and confiscate it. ...in order to get it back you have to prove its innocence in a series of tribunals and courts that are anything but fair... ...using this shady legal maneuver, the police seize millions in assets and thats just what we know of. ...every year, the city collects almost $6 million in revenue from forfeiture. According to data collected by the Institute for Justice, between 2002 and 2012, the Philadelphia District Attorneys Office seized and forfeited over 3,000 vehicles, nearly 1,200 homes and other real estate properties and $44 million in cash... ...altogether, Philadelphia has generated a staggering $64 million in forfeiture proceeds, which equals one-fifth of the DA Offices entire budget. Forty percent of those funds - $25 million - pay law enforcement salaries, including the salaries for the prosecutors who have used civil forfeiture against families like the Sourovelises. https://youtube/watch?v=Y6MT_YLO5yg
Posted on: Tue, 06 Jan 2015 21:14:00 +0000
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