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The Amount of Police Civil Forfeiture is Now More than All Civilian Theft and Burglary Combined (medium.com)

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[–] [email protected] 9 points 1 month ago (12 children)

What exactly happens with things taken through civil forfeiture...? Like... Who gets it? Is it sold/auctioned? Who gets the money...?

[–] [email protected] 16 points 1 month ago (11 children)

The police department gets it. If you want your money back it's the seized money vs the state in a court, not you personally vs the state, the money itself vs the state.

[–] [email protected] 8 points 1 month ago (10 children)

But like... What does the department do with it? Do they just give it to indevual cops? If it's money does it become part of their budget?

Also, the case is "your money" vs " the state"? How the fuck does that work? This shit is so confusing 😅

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 month ago

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