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What's Worse Than Thieves? Thieving Police
The Justice Department is once again allowing local police to take whatever they want from citizens. No charges required.
"Civil asset forfeiture" is a nice way of saying "theft by government."
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If Jeff Sessions is going to stick around for a while as attorney general, maybe he should take a long weekend at the beach with some of our country’s founding documents.
This week, Sessions announced that he will reverse an Obama-era decision to ease off on civil asset forfeiture. In this dark corner of the justice system, law enforcement is allowed to seize citizens' assets on the grounds that they are connected to criminal activity.