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30 August, 201619 June, 2016

A new and creative form of asset forfeiture

A vintage police car parked outside a Waffle House.
Posted in politics by s.e. smith

Asset forfeiture is extremely abusive and unfair, but it’s in widespread use across the US. In Oklahoma, law enforcement agencies have come up with an extremely creative approach to the tactic.

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9 May, 201624 February, 2016

Using asset forfeiture to further disenfranchise marginalised communities

Money scattered across a table.
Posted in social justice by s.e. smith

The US justice system is constantly on a quest to find new and exciting ways to keep marginalised communities down, and asset forfeiture represents just one of them — but it’s on the rise, and federal agencies in particular are applying it far too broadly, which makes it a concern that should be addressed more […]

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