You had me until DUI. Must DUI drivers get off way too easily. 

Dude, you’re boring.

I always hate this “guilty until proven innocent” bullcrap. We have that up north here too, with Excessive Speeding, DUI and Street Racing laws. The accusation is all that’s required for an impound, and even if found innocent, your vehicle stays in impound for the initial term, and you must pay for both the impound…

No, it’s way older than that. Civil forfeiture goes back hundreds of years to when international commerce arrived by sail.

My Uber was $20.

You seem confused, so I’ll explain this as if you’re a 6 year old. For Sweden seems to think that Democrats support civil forfeiture. I’m pointing out that Republicans love it just as much, if not more so.

Not necessarily. 0.25% of income (arbitrary number) is 0.25% of income no matter how much you earn.

Also, remember to vote for Trump if you like civil forfeiture.

<Eyeroll> We all know the mighty power of the American Vice-President, dude.

So maybe instead of making the punishment based on money, make it based on something else entirely.  

No one mentioned the orange man until you did. The article made it pretty clear that both sides of the aisle want this law changed.

Tortilla man is an idiot who talks out of his ass.

Thats what lawsuits are for. You don’t ask the guilty party pretty please. You sue.

The very first time I ever heard about civil forfeiture laws, I thought it was a thinly veiled crime. And when I had over $5000 in cash in my pocket from my tax refund, I knew it could only be a crime because if I were for some reason accosted by police, they could have taken it since I worked - and still do work - in…

Yeah because the alternative is sooooooo much better. 

Really? - because when the cops in Asbury Park, NJ kicked in the door of my apartment looking for someone and then left when they realized they had the wrong address, I had to pay for someone to come and fix it (I was working out of town). AP’s “finest” just got back in their cars and fucked off leaving the smashed…

This sort of bullshit is why I support the idea of settlements in lawsuits against police forces be taken from their operating budget and/or pension funds. Let’s see how many multi-million dollar settlements get levied against the PD’s retirement funds before they decide not getting rid of bad cops will cost them…

When we’re fixing civil forfeiture, let’s take another look at traffic tickets.

Sorta like when the gestapo enters the wrong house (yours) with a search warrant and destroyed pretty much everything, your still on the hook for the damages.

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