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Holder limits seized-asset sharing process that split billions w/ local, state police
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<blockquote data-quote="_CY_" data-source="post: 2884119" data-attributes="member: 7629"><p>+1 .. unfortunately abuse of CAF has grown all over USA forcing Feds to limit use of Federal laws for CAF.</p><p></p><p>"police have made cash seizures worth almost $2.5 billion from motorists and others without search warrants or indictments since the terrorist attacks of Sept. 11, 2001.</p><p></p><p><a href="http://www.policemag.com/channel/patrol/news/2015/01/16/holder-severely-limits-federal-civil-asset-forfeiture-program.aspx" target="_blank">http://www.policemag.com/channel/patrol/news/2015/01/16/holder-severely-limits-federal-civil-asset-forfeiture-program.aspx</a></p><p></p><p><span style="font-size: 22px"><strong>Holder Severely Limits Federal Civil Asset Forfeiture Program</strong></span></p><p></p><p>January 16, 2015 |</p><p></p><p>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 evidence that a crime occurred.</p><p></p><p>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.</p><p></p><p>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, the <a href="http://www.washingtonpost.com/investigations/holder-ends-seized-asset-sharing-process-that-split-billions-with-local-state-police/2015/01/16/0e7ca058-99d4-11e4-bcfb-059ec7a93ddc_story.html" target="_blank">Washington Post</a> reports.</p><p></p><p><a href="http://www.policemag.com/channel/patrol/news/2015/01/16/holder-severely-limits-federal-civil-asset-forfeiture-program.aspx" target="_blank">http://www.policemag.com/channel/patrol/news/2015/01/16/holder-severely-limits-federal-civil-asset-forfeiture-program.aspx</a></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="_CY_, post: 2884119, member: 7629"] +1 .. unfortunately abuse of CAF has grown all over USA forcing Feds to limit use of Federal laws for CAF. "police have made cash seizures worth almost $2.5 billion from motorists and others without search warrants or indictments since the terrorist attacks of Sept. 11, 2001. [URL]http://www.policemag.com/channel/patrol/news/2015/01/16/holder-severely-limits-federal-civil-asset-forfeiture-program.aspx[/URL] [SIZE=6][B]Holder Severely Limits Federal Civil Asset Forfeiture Program[/B][/SIZE] January 16, 2015 | 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 evidence that a crime occurred. 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, the [URL='http://www.washingtonpost.com/investigations/holder-ends-seized-asset-sharing-process-that-split-billions-with-local-state-police/2015/01/16/0e7ca058-99d4-11e4-bcfb-059ec7a93ddc_story.html']Washington Post[/URL] reports. [URL]http://www.policemag.com/channel/patrol/news/2015/01/16/holder-severely-limits-federal-civil-asset-forfeiture-program.aspx[/URL] [/QUOTE]
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