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"More than 140 people reluctantly accepted that [forfeiture] deal from June 2006 to June 2008, according to court records. Among them were a black grandmother from Akron, who surrendered $4,000 in cash after Tenaha police pulled her over, and an interracial couple from Houston, who gave up more than $6,000 after police threatened to seize their children and put them into foster care, the court documents show. Neither the grandmother nor the couple were charged with any crime."

The problem is that in the US police can seize any cash you have, because of the laws that govern the war on drugs. It's not just black people though, well maybe in this Town.

It's on the Louisiana border - no surprise at corruption there.

That city is going to wind up in bankruptcy soon...

Asset Forfeiture laws are one of the greatest crimes the government can perpetrate on it's citizens.
Your property can be "legally" taken from you (based solely on suspicion) even though you are never charged with a crime. If fact, 80% of all Asset Forfeitures never involve a criminal charge.

Fuck Due Process and your Constitutional guarantees, guilty until proven innocent and even then, good luck trying to get it back.

Thank you GWSr. for this wonderful piece of legislation to improve life in America.

If you're interested:
http://www.isil.org/resources/lit/looting-of-america.html
http://www.drugwarfacts.org/cms/
http://www.downsizedc.org/etp/campaigns/99