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| Taken (newyorker.com) | ||
| recommended by 3 users | 2013 | 468 points by zt | law & ip | original thread | | ||
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| spacemanaki Aug 9, 2013 | on: SWAT-Team Nation: The Militarization of the U.S. Police | context |
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Scaevolus Oct 4, 2013 | on: United States v. $35,651.11 | context
For even more corrupt cases of civil forfeiture, the New Yorker article "Taken" is a good read: http://www.newyorker.com/reporting/2013/08/12/130812fa_fact_... Previous HN comments: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=6161465 |
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kderbe Nov 11, 2014 | on: Police Can Seize and Sell Assets Even When the Owner Broke… | context
The New Yorker's piece on civil forfeiture published last year, "Taken", is also excellent and also prompted a lot of comments on Hacker News. The article: http://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2013/08/12/taken?currentPa... Discussion: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=6161465 |
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As others have pointed out, apparently the police can seize your property under certain circumstances. This was discussed recently when the article mentioned in this blog post was submitted here, well worth the read IMHO https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=6161465