U.S. attorney general bans asset seizure by local police

[Janelle2002 3,865]

U.S. attorney general bans asset seizure by local police

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WASHINGTON (Reuters) - State and local police in the United States will no longer be able to use federal laws to justify seizing property without evidence of a crime, U.S. Attorney General Eric Holder said on Friday.

The practice of local police taking property, including cash and cars, from people that they stop, and of handing it over to federal authorities, became common during the country's war on drugs in the 1980s.

Holder cited "safeguarding civil liberties" as a reason for the change in policy.

The order directs federal agencies who have collected property during such seizures to withdraw their participation, except if the items collected could endanger the public, as in the case of firearms.

Holder said the ban was the first step in a comprehensive review the Justice Department has launched of the program.

http://news.yahoo.com/u-attorney-general-bans-asset-seizure-local-police-195542428.html

Really? It took from 1980-2015 to realize this wasn't far or just. Imagine the crocked police and feds who gained from these illegal seizures.

Edited January 17, 2015 by Janelle2002

[luckytxn 2,264]

Good. The state should never be allowed to seize any citizens assets unless they go to a court of law.

[Mr. Big Dog 10,747]

And it took a socialist running the federal government to put an end to the practice. Imagine that.