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Mr. James · September 21, 2012, 04:54 PM

The Fairfax County Police in Virginia like to show off a shiny BMW sedan, painted in the full colors of a FCPD patrol car (absent the light bar). The car's vanity plate reads "SEIZED".

I get dyspeptic every time I see it.

In 2010, the Institute for Justice produced a lengthy report, Policing for Profit: The Abuse of Civil Asset Forfeiture. The report includes a state-by-state summary of civil asset forfeiture in each of the several states.

http://www.ij.org/images/pdf_folder/...uretoemail.pdf

As for poor "Fred," some, though not all, jurisdictions have an "innocent owner" provision which allows the property owner, at some inconvenience, expense, and effort, to prove he was unaware his property was being used in a criminal act.

September 21, 2012, 04:54 PM	#11
Mr. James Senior Member Join Date: April 10, 2001 Location: The Old Dominion Posts: 1,521	The Fairfax County Police in Virginia like to show off a shiny BMW sedan, painted in the full colors of a FCPD patrol car (absent the light bar). The car's vanity plate reads "SEIZED". I get dyspeptic every time I see it. In 2010, the Institute for Justice produced a lengthy report, Policing for Profit: The Abuse of Civil Asset Forfeiture. The report includes a state-by-state summary of civil asset forfeiture in each of the several states. http://www.ij.org/images/pdf_folder/...uretoemail.pdf As for poor "Fred," some, though not all, jurisdictions have an "innocent owner" provision which allows the property owner, at some inconvenience, expense, and effort, to prove he was unaware his property was being used in a criminal act. __________________ "...A humble and contrite heart, O God, thou wilt not despise." Ps. li "When law and morality contradict each other, the citizen has the cruel alternative of either losing his moral sense or losing his respect for the law." —Frederic Bastiat