Worse than Criminals — Cops Use Asset Forfeiture to Steal $53K from an Orphanage and a Church

[ABX]

The criminal depths to which police will sink to bolster their budgets, apparently have no limit, as a recent case of police theft in Oklahoma illustrates. To keep society safe, sheriff’s deputies in Muskogee County, Oklahoma robbed a church and an orphanage of $53,000. Real American heroes.

Eh Wah, 40, a refugee from Burma, who became a US citizen more than a decade ago, was traveling with the cash to deliver it to the intended recipients when he was targetted by modern day, state-sanctioned pirates — for a broken tail light.

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[ABX]

I knew a young guy (probably 19-20) who had $15K taken from him at a minor traffic stop close to here. He had the cash going to the big auto auction in Shreveport, Louisiana and was pulled over for speeding. The money was his savings and some his grandfather gave him to buy vehicles to start a used car business.

He had to spend about $5K of his own money to hire a lawyer and prove the money was his own and not acquired through criminal activity.

[geronl]

This is just sick.