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CIVIL ASSET FORFIETURE IS THEFT
‘Guilty until proven innocent’ under flawed civil asset forfeiture laws
Badly flawed laws currently allow police, on suspicion alone, to seize anyone’s assets without even saying why. This means that they don’t have to arrest you. Instead they arrest your property, cash, or whatever they fancy they want! Every year billions upon billions of dollars are seized under false pretense through horribly flawed laws.
An example is one of many: The Pearsons work at a non-profit theatre in Los Angeles. The couple has been saving for retirement for years, buying silver here and there when they could afford it. To keep their property safe, they rented a safe deposit box at U.S. Private Vaults.
Earlier this year they were shocked to hear about a police raid at the company where they stored their retirement money in a safe deposit box. The feds alleged that U.S. Private Vaults conspired with customers to sell drugs, launder money, and stash ill-gotten goods. Mind you, they had no evidence to support these allegations.
Armed with a ‘rip & read’ warrant, FBI and DEA thugs spent five days ripping hundreds of safety deposit boxes out of the walls and laying claim to their contents. The feds argued they were within their rights based on their unfounded allegations. They took jewellery, precious metals, and stacks of money to an undisclosed warehouse. Their final haul was worth around $86 million.
Click here: https://www.yahoo.com/news/federal-authorities-cash-safety-box-110000293.html
Vague civil property forfeiture laws allow the government to seize property and assets without evidence of a crime. In this case they took the life savings, heritage jewellery, and private assets of hundreds of people. It’s a great haul for the feds, and a criminal loss for the innocent victims of government overreach.
For many the government's seizure of their silver, gold, and cash is unacceptable, and they have decided to fight back. Along with six others, they have teamed up with the Institute for Justice for a class-action lawsuit challenging the government's raid as an illegal search. "The government's theory is that having cash makes you a presumptive criminal, and I think every American should be worried about that," IJ senior attorney Rob Johnson said.
Some did get their silver and cash back, but it cost them time and legal fees to navigate the convoluted process of recovering their money. The majority of claimants aren’t so lucky, and lose what is sometimes a life’s savings to the illegal asset grab of the federal government. It’s wrong and needs to be addressed!
I’m Max, and that’s the way I see it!
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