did the good guys have a coup and I missed a day?
Jan 17, 2015 19:37:47 GMT -6
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Post by bonhommearmonica on Jan 17, 2015 19:37:47 GMT -6
U.S. attorney general bans asset seizure by local police
I think I see what our missing members have been up to..
I cant believe he did this..
The right thing..
Someone must have been threatening to sue..
Still shocked let me recover from this
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.
(Reporting by Julia Edwards; Editing by Bernadette Baum)
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.
(Reporting by Julia Edwards; Editing by Bernadette Baum)
I think I see what our missing members have been up to..
I cant believe he did this..
The right thing..
Someone must have been threatening to sue..
Still shocked let me recover from this
