asset forfeiture
New Jersey Lawmakers Propose Using Civil Forfeiture to Fund Diversity Hiring
New Jersey lawmakers have proposed a bill to use seized cash and other assets as funding to recruit, hire, and train minority cops.
Cops Caught This Amputee With $400 of Medicinal Weed—So They Took His Car and His Cash
Twenty-three-year-old Quan Holt has been treated like a drug kingpin. But he still hasn’t been indicted on any charges.
Michigan Cops Seized This Woman’s Car After Her Then-Boyfriend Allegedly Picked Up a Prostitute
She was never accused of a crime and went bankrupt paying the fines to get her car back.
Why Doesn’t the US Government HODL Seized Bitcoins?
The US government keeps seized cash, but auctions seized Bitcoin. What gives?
Here's the gear Canadian cops buy when they seize your assets
Data obtained by VICE News shows police in British Columbia bought surveillance equipment, riot gear, and phone-hacking hardware through civil forfeiture.
The Long Struggle to Reform the System That Lets Cops Casually Seize Property and Cash
Politicians in both parties have been trying to overhaul the process by which police confiscate the cash and belongings they think have some vague connection to crime. Then Donald Trump happened.
Legal Ways to Acquire that Wu-Tang Album That Don't Involve Bill Murray
Shkreli owns the album. The FBI arrested Shkreli. And the American taxpayer owns the FBI. So what can we do?
Police Can Take Your Stuff for No Reason — And the Practice Is on the Rise
A new report details the rise of civil asset forfeiture, a process that allows cops to confiscate private property without charging anyone with a crime.