Holder kills the party at last

http://www.washingtonpost.com/invest...ddc_story.html

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Attorney General Eric H. Holder Jr. on Friday barred local and state police from using federal law to seize cash, cars and other property without warrants or criminal charges.

Holder’s action represents the most sweeping check on police power to confiscate personal property since the seizures began three decades ago as part of the war on drugs.

Since 2008, thousands of local and state police agencies have made more than 55,000 seizures of cash and property worth $3 billion under a civil asset forfeiture program at the Justice Department called Equitable Sharing.

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Huzzah!

And the reason this took 6 years is...

I thought the law itself was much older than tbh :o Congratulations on having to choose between an even more underfunded police force or higher taxes

Now I'm all for confiscating criminal earnings, but if it can be taken without a conviction.. or even criminal charges, I'm glad it's finally halted.

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Originally Posted by Loki

And the reason this took 6 years is...

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Probably because being nice to (alleged) criminals is unpopular, even if they haven't been convicted.

Holder has been the Attorney General for 6 years. And he does this only after the Washington Post creates a scandal over the issue in D.C.

Well duh it's a lot of money after all

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Originally Posted by Loki

And the reason this took 6 years is...

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Eric Holder is the most moral, accomplished and least-grandstanding attorney general of all time! Six bullets in the chest of anyone who doubts the Wisdom of the Holder!