This link was posted by Drunk_Engineer 2 hours ago on HN. It received 118 points and 54 comments.
121 sats \ 1 reply \ @petertodd 17 Sep
This is theft. End of story.
A future government should prosecute every single police officer involved in civil forfeiture with organized theft while impersonating police officers. Every single one should get life sentences or execution.
No reasonable person could possibly think civil forfeiture is a reasonable, ethical, practice. Which is why lots of countries, and even some parts of the US, have banned the practice.
Yes, this will probably result in pretty much the entirety of the police force in some places being put behind bars. That's fine. Policing is a profession that attracts unethical people who should be permanently removed from society.
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0 sats \ 0 replies \ @fm 17 Sep
You high?
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0 sats \ 0 replies \ @oliverweiss 17 Sep
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0 sats \ 0 replies \ @DiedOnTitan 17 Sep
If only there were a form of money that could be transferred securely without fear of intermediaries confiscating it...
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0 sats \ 1 reply \ @sangekrypto 17 Sep
How do the police know what money was packaged, the possibility of cooperation, and where the confiscated money was taken?
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0 sats \ 0 replies \ @fm 17 Sep
because Fedex informs..
You cant send banknotes on fedex..
At least on the regular service.. You must use the money service.. Pay extra and be on a list.. Not saying its fair.. But you must be dumb to send 40k on regular fedex.. Or a drug dealer
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0 sats \ 1 reply \ @ninjagrandma65 17 Sep
So. How to make civil forfeiture illegal?
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1 sat \ 0 replies \ @clr 17 Sep
Maybe why take that risk when one can use magic internet money.
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