Entries by Sebastian Rucci

AOC Discovers the Horrors of Civil Asset Forfeiture, Rails Against the Practice in Congressional Hearing

America’s civil asset forfeiture system is unfair, un-American, and ripe for reform—and people are finally beginning to notice. Saturday, December 11, 2021 Image Credit: nrkbeta,-Wiki Commons| CC BY-SA 2.0 Brad Polumbo Brad Polumbo Politics AOC Civil Asset Forfeiture Theft Criminal Justice Police Justice Social Justice Leer en Español facebook sharing buttontwitter sharing buttonflipboard sharing buttonreddit […]

Boston police bought spy tech with a pot of money hidden from the public

cross the country, some law enforcement agencies have deployed controversial surveillance technology to track cell phone location and use. Critics say it threatens constitutional rights and members of Congress have moved to restrain its use. Seize and keep: Civil forfeiture in Massachusetts Part one: It’s easy for police to seize money. Worcester’s district attorney makes […]

Michigan Must Close Asset Forfeiture Loophole

Abuse in Highland Park illustrates need for reform May 25, 2022 | Facebook X Email Print By Jarrett Skorup The story is hard to believe: A mayor and police chief conducted a “fire inspection” of a building where medical marijuana was being grown and seized the property for a year and a half without charging […]

How do you protect your assets from seizures and forfeitures?

Dan Greenberg, deputy general counsel of the Competitive Enterprise Institute, described seizures and forfeitures, how to protect your assets, and how difficult it is for consumers to retrieve their property once it is seized. Copyright © 2023 Federal News Network. All rights reserved. This website is not intended for users located within the European Economic […]

Feds Expand Forfeiture of Cryptocurrency

The Department of Justice (DOJ) plans a dramatic expansion in the federal government’s ability to seize and keep cryptocurrency, often wrongly-assumed impervious to government confiscation, hoping to broaden the most abusive form of civil forfeiture that property owners currently have little protection from, reports Nick Sibilla for Forbes. Crypto is often wrongly-assumed impervious to government […]