DoJ shuts down asset forfeiture program after Congress slashes its budget
by Cory Doctorow from on (#YWW5)
In America, your belongings can be confiscated by the police without warrant or evidence as proceeds of a crime, and then the government sues your possessions (not you), in lawsuits like "Township of East Bumblefuck vs $50,000 in $100 bills." (more")