http://bit.ly/1zfNXza Washington, D.C. – In what can be described as a perhaps the most important shift in policing in a generation, U.S. Attorney General Eric Holder announced today that the U.S. Department of Justice’s “adoption program” which allows state police agencies to use federal law to seize cash, cars and other property without having to prove that a crime occurred, will be suspended. According to the Washington Post, 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. http://bit.ly/1yDNWZw
Big Win! Department of Justice Ends Civil Forfeiture Program for State and Local Police
http://bit.ly/1zfNXza Washington, D.C. – In what can be described as a perhaps the most important shift in policing in a generation, U.S. Attorney General Eric Holder announced today that the U.S. Department of Justice’s “adoption program” which allows state police agencies to use federal law to seize cash, cars and other property without having to prove that a crime occurred, will be suspended. According to the Washington Post, 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. http://bit.ly/1yDNWZw
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