Forfeiture Roundup
My Cato colleague, Walter Olson, has a nice roundup on civil asset forfeiture news and posts over at Overlawyered. For more, view this Cato event. Forfeiture Roundup is a post from PoliceMisconduct.net
View ArticleThe Cash Machine: Philadelphia’s Forfeiture System
From the Philadelphia City Paper: The size of Philly’s forfeiture program isn’t just unprecedented within Pennsylvania. In 2010, for example, Kings County (Brooklyn), with a population 1.5 times that...
View ArticleThe Civil Forfeiture Racket
From Reason.com: Jerrie Brathwaite was not in her car when Washington, D.C. police seized it in January 2012. She had lent her 2000 Nissan Maxima to a friend, and that friend was pulled over, searched,...
View ArticleThe Use and Abuse of Civil Asset Forfeiture
The current issue of the New Yorker looks at civil asset forfeiture laws around the USA. Here is an excerpt: Over the past year, I spoke with more than a hundred police officers, defense attorneys,...
View ArticleHighway Robbery
From NewsChannel 5: NASHVILLE, Tenn. — There was stunning testimony Wednesday before a state Senate committee as a local drug task force found itself facing tough questions. The director of the 23rd...
View ArticleCrazy Things Police Spend Money On
For additional information, go here. Crazy Things Police Spend Money On is a post from PoliceMisconduct.net
View ArticlePoor Hispanics ‘Easy Prey’ for Corrupt Police
From the Associated Press: KING CITY, Calif. — A California farming town was grappling Wednesday with a profound violation of trust after learning the acting police chief and a handful of officers were...
View ArticleThe Forfeiture Machine
For additional background, see the recent series of articles about forfeiture in the Washington Post. The Forfeiture Machine is a post from PoliceMisconduct.net
View ArticleCato Analysts to Capitol Hill
Last week we took our reform ideas to Capitol Hill and C-Span was there to cover the event. To view the event, “The Truth about Policing,” go here. Cato Analysts to Capitol Hill is a post from...
View ArticleWorst of the Month — February
So for February, we’ve selected Pima County, Arizona for the conduct of (the now former) Sheriff Christopher Radtke and the very peculiar leniency shown to him by the U.S. Department of Justice....
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