“The most egregious case of civil asset forfeiture of which we are aware comes from Oklahoma. To keep society safe, sheriff’s deputies in Muskogee County, Oklahoma robbed a church and an orphanage of $53,000. “
Constitution
TOPICS:Civil ForfeitureCivil LibertiesConstitutionJack BurnsJusticePolice
SEPTEMBER 21, 2019
The 9th Circuit Court of Appeals hasuphelda ruling which declared police can constitutionally steal your possessions. Called “civil asset forfeiture,” the police are under no obligation to give the property back to you. Instead, police departments will steal your stuff, hold it in storage (accruing fees in most cases), and then sell your stuff to the highest bidder.
Police have no qualms about stealing your property, especially after you’ve been arrested for a crime. Even though every citizen is supposedly innocent until proven guilty, police will routinely confiscate, cash, guns, and real property from those who’ve been charged with a crime, even property from other members of a family living under the same roof. After all, it is difficult to prove ownership without a receipt. More sinister, however, is the fact…
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The Most Revolutionary Act 
Oh yeah… and let’s hear it from Merle…
“And I’m proud to be an Okie from Muskogee,
A place where even squares can have a ball.
We still wave Old Glory down at the courthouse,
And white lightnin’s still the biggest thrill of all.”
(Okie from Muskogee), a truly despised song in my days… and seems like the Muskogee cops are descendents from the red neck Okie but hey, it’s America, love it or leave it.
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And I left it. I couldn’t take it any more.
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Maintaining equanimity in a cruel world is a day to day challenge for me.
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Same here, Rosaliene. New Zealand is also a capitalist country that grinds its citizens down. At least it doesn’t presume to be a military empire.
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