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JC19/04/2021 8:37:16 am PDT

re: #145 Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light))

Original intent was to allow authorities to separate drug dealers and other serial criminals from the fruits of their crimes, but it is just too tempting a target for petty officials.

Original intent was to separate pirate captains from their ships if they wouldn’t show up in person to challenge the seizure; civil forfeiture was actually used during the early days of the US. But, yeah, it got stupid during the war on drugs and is clearly unconstitutional, regardless of what the goal was.

Some professional gamblers I know, who often travel with lots of cash, will literally drive out of their way to avoid crossing certain states. That this happened in NV is shocking, as it’s not uncommon to have people with 100k+ cash on them in Vegas. Probably why the cops used adoption and got the feds involved. The guy will get his money back, but it’s a total free roll for the cops.