UNDER FORMER PRESIDENT BARACK OBAMA'S JUSTICE DEPARTMENT, ERIC
HOLDER, WHO LED THE DEPARTMENT, INCREASED CONTROL AND OVERSIGHT
IN THE AREA OF CIVIL ASSET FORFEITURE, WHERE LAW
ENFORCEMENT ACROSS THE COUNTRY CAN SEIZE PROPERTY IN THE CASE
THAT IT WAS MADE AS THE RESULT OF A CRIME, CRIMINAL BEHAVIOR.
THEY HAD EXTRA OVERSIGHT FOR A VERY GOOD REASON, THERE WAS
CRITICISM OF THIS PROGRAM BECAUSE IN MANY WELL-DOCUMENTED
CASES THERE WAS CRIMINAL ABUSE OF THIS PROCESS, SO IT WASN'T
CRIMINALS' STUFF THAT WAS BEING TAKEN AND HELD, IT WAS PEOPLE
WHO WOULD GO ON TO BE CLEARED OF THEIR CHARGES, AND IN MANY CASES
PEOPLE WHO WEREN'T CHARGED WITH A CRIME, BUT COULDN'T GET THE
RESOURCES BACK FROM THE POLICE.
CREDIT TO BARACK OBAMA FOR
INCREASING OVERSIGHT IN THAT AREA -- UNTIL TODAY WHEN THAT
OVERSIGHT WILL BE TAKEN AWAY --
>>WHICH IS A NICE SPIN ON IT.
BUT WE KNOW WHAT TAKING AWAY
OVERSIGHT WILL DO, IT WILL GO BACK TO THE WAY IT WAS BEFORE --
>>THIS IS RIDICULOUS.
>>TABLE
JUST TO GET GUNS FROM CRIMINALS, NOW THEY HAVE NEW EQUIPMENT.
>>FEAR MONGERING IS REPUBLICAN 101, WE KNOW THAT, ESPECIALLY
WITH SOMEONE LIKE JEFF SESSIONS IN CHARGE.
AND THE WAY THEY ARE
ILLUSTRATING THIS IS BULLSHIT, JUST KEEPING IT REAL.
CIVIL
ASSET FORFEITURE DISPROPORTIONATELY AFFECTS
INDIVIDUALS WHO HAVE BEEN FALSELY ACCUSED OF POSSESSING
DRUGS.
YOU ARE TRAVELING, USUALLY WHEN YOU ARE TRAVELING
YOU HAVE CASH ON YOU, ESPECIALLY TRAVELING TO ANOTHER COUNTRY,
IT'S BETTER FOR YOU TO HAVE THAT CURRENCY ON YOU, THAT WAY YOU
DON'T HAVE ISSUES WITH CREDIT CARDS AND ALL THAT.
SO A COP OR
ANYONE IN A POSITION OF AUTHORITY CAN SAY THERE'S REASON
TO BELIEVE THIS INDIVIDUAL IS TRAFFICKING DRUGS ARE IN
POSSESSION OF DRUGS.
ALL THEY HAVE TO DO IS SAY THERE IS SOME
PROBABLE CAUSE --
>>EVEN IF IT'S JUST THAT THEY HAVE SO MUCH MONEY AND IT SEEMS
SUSPICIOUS.
>>THEY CAN LITERALLY TAKE YOUR MONEY, TAKE YOUR PROPERTY, AND
SAY THEY NEED IT BECAUSE IT'S PART OF THIS INVESTIGATION.
AND
THEY WILL DO AN "INVESTIGATION," FIND OUT YOU ARE COMPLETELY
INNOCENT, BUT THEY STILL HOLD ONTO THOSE ASSETS, THEY DON'T
GIVE IT BACK IN A LOT OF CASES.
AND WE TALKED ABOUT THAT ON THE
SHOW.
THE OBAMA ADMINISTRATION IN MY OPINION DIDN'T DO ENOUGH
ON A NUMBER OF ISSUES, BUT AT LEAST WHEN IT CAME TO CERTAIN
JUSTICE SYSTEM RELATED ISSUES THEY DID SOME GOOD THINGS, LIKE
PHASING OUT PRIVATE PRISONS ON A FEDERAL LEVEL, AND KIND OF
TRYING TO REFORM CIVIL ASSET FORFEITURE.
BUT THEN YOU HAVE
TRUMP'S ADMINISTRATION COMING INTO POWER AND THEY LOVE CIVIL
ASSET FORFEITURE.
POLICE ORGANIZATIONS AND DEPARTMENTS
THROUGHOUT THE COUNTRY LOVE IT BECAUSE THAT'S HOW THEY LINE
THEIR POCKETS.
THEY ARE UNDERFUNDED?
CIVIL ASSET
FORFEITURE, WE CAN COLLECT PEOPLE'S PROPERTY AND PAY
OURSELVES BACK WITH IT.
WE ARE SHAKING AMERICANS DOWN AND
TAKING THEIR PROPERTY WHEN THEY ARE NOT EVEN CRIMINALS AND
HAVEN'T DONE ANYTHING WRONG, AND AGAIN IT DISPROPORTIONATELY
IMPACTS PEOPLE WHO HAVE BEEN ACCUSED OF HAVING POSSESSION OF
DRUGS.
THAT IS NOT A VIOLENT CRIME.
SO WHEN THEY SAY THEY ARE DOING THIS TO COMBAT VIOLENT
CRIME, THEY ARE LYING TO YOU.
>>AND THINK ABOUT HOW REGRESSIVE IT IS.
FIRST OF ALL, IT'S NOT
LIKE A BANKER IS SUSPECTED OF A CRIME AND SO THEY SEES HIS
JAGUAR.
ONLY THE POOREST AMERICANS ARE TARGETED IN THE
FIRST PLACE.
AND THEORETICALLY YOU CAN CHALLENGE THAT
FORFEITURE, ESPECIALLY IF YOU DIDN'T COMMIT A CRIME, AND GET
IT BACK.
IF YOU HAVE THE RESOURCES IN TIME AND LEGAL FEES
TO DO THAT.
AND THE POOREST AMERICANS ARE UNLIKELY TO HAVE
THAT.
IS A FUNDAMENTALLY REGRESSIVE WAY TO FUND LAW
ENFORCEMENT THAT UNFORTUNATELY AT THE FEDERAL AND STATE AND
LOCAL LEVEL IS VERY POPULAR, THAT'S WHY IT WAS TO THE CREDIT
OF ERIC HOLDER AND BARACK OBAMA TO FIGHT AGAINST IT, BUT
UNFORTUNATELY IT LOOKS LIKE WE ARE GOING TO GO RACING BACK
TO THE DARK PAST OF THE CRIMINAL JUSTICE SYSTEM.
>>NOBODY SHOULD BE SURPRISED.
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