This thread is about police seizing (read: stealing) private property under the guise of law enforcement.

Read the whole thread. Another poster went off topic and I responded. What a good little bushie you are. People should only discuss what they are told to discuss...

I can only assume you approve of official theft

Well, with the brainpower you have showed us so far, its hardly a surprise that your assumptions are utter nonsense.

... unless you just want to stay in your little bushie fantasy world.

This thread is about police seizing (read: stealing) private property under the guise of law enforcement. I can only assume you approve of official theft since all you had to offer was Democrat, anti-Bush demagoguery on another subject.

Stealing from the outsiders is a time honored tradition in small towns, be it speed traps or the more lucrative seizures. Seizures are an effective tool in law enforcement but like anything it can be abused especially when the cops, mayor and county legal establishment are onboard with the thefts.

http://www.usatoday.com/news/washington/2006-05-10-nsa_x.htm

http://online.wsj.com/public/article_print/SB120511973377523845.html

This will get you started, unless you just want to stay in your little bushie fantasy world.

No one has a problem with wiretapping terrorists.

Bush having the NSA spy on everyone in the country is another matter entirely.

Say WHAT???

Anjin, ol' buddy, it's Tuesday night. You're supposed to save the premium colitas for the weekends (unless of course that's part of Obama's stimulus plan you're smoking).

At least they didn't wire tap a terrorist's phone calls.

Pretty lame, even by your standards.

No one has a problem with wiretapping terrorists.

Bush having the NSA spy on everyone in the country is another matter entirely.

These are laws passed to fight the war on drugs. The city of Tenha is just protecting us. Don't you feel safer? If you think abuse of drug laws is bad, just wait until the abuses of the patriot act really kick in 5 or 10 years from now.

That Javier Gonzalez got his money back is astonishing. I have never heard of money being returned in any seizure anywhere ( it happens outside of Texas too). Maybe these guys skip the drug sniffing dog and go right to seizure.

Generally I a big law enforcement supporter but there are times when I’m not, this case being one of them.

So was I. Then I started reading Radley Balko's blog and that changed...surprisingly quickly. Of course, I love dogs.

The big difference between the above stories and (quotas or stoplight cameras) is the above story doesn’t leave you with a criminal record or go against your insurance.

I knew it was a bad idea the very first time I heard of it. Free money is always a source of corruption. Nobody should be surprised.

It is my opinion that only the courts should be allowed to determine if seized property should be forfeit, and the courts should not themselves get any of that money directly.