Yea i love when most police raids for suspicion of drug dealing end up being something along the lines of
“we broke into this person house and he had one half smoked joint and 10,000 dollars in bills”
which of course means that the money is now proof of crime and belongs to the cops now
They don’t need to say anything other than that they suspect it was used or going to be used illegally, but yeah they usually cite drugs. Like I said, there’s no court process because they don’t charge you with a crime, they charge the money. So fucked.
Yep, and it’s always done as a civil case so that the cops only have to demonstrate that it’s slightly more likely than not in order to keep the stuff. The costs of defending your property are high enough that it is usually not worth it unless the thing is irreplaceable.
In the US the cops just steal it. Then in order to get it back, you have to go to court and prove that your money didn’t commit a crime. Yes, really.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Civil_forfeiture_in_the_United_States
Margarita machines dont pay for themselves.
https://www.forbes.com/sites/instituteforjustice/2025/09/26/forfeiture-funds-encourage-law-enforcement-to-misspend-public-money/
Yea i love when most police raids for suspicion of drug dealing end up being something along the lines of “we broke into this person house and he had one half smoked joint and 10,000 dollars in bills” which of course means that the money is now proof of crime and belongs to the cops now
They don’t need to say anything other than that they suspect it was used or going to be used illegally, but yeah they usually cite drugs. Like I said, there’s no court process because they don’t charge you with a crime, they charge the money. So fucked.
Yep, and it’s always done as a civil case so that the cops only have to demonstrate that it’s slightly more likely than not in order to keep the stuff. The costs of defending your property are high enough that it is usually not worth it unless the thing is irreplaceable.