I’m always heartened to see another local news team start digging into asset forfeiture. Especially the ones that don’t sugarcoat the findings with headlines that read like they were cr…

Charlotte, North Carolina’s NBC affiliate, WCNC, tells it like it is. Although it puts quotes around a couple of phrases, it at least uses those phrases in the headline and subhead. “It is like highway robbery” says the headline. In the subhead: “policing for profit.”

  • FireTower@lemmy.worldEnglish
    191·
    10 months ago

    It’s shocking that civil asset forfeiture is still around federally. It’s such a nonpartisan issue and is clearly unconstitutional.

  • ares35@kbin.social
    6·
    10 months ago

    copper quote:

    “Criminals are taking this money from victims and using it to organize their criminal enterprises,”

    yea, you are the criminal here, buck-o.

  • stevedidWHAT@lemmy.worldEnglish
    2·
    10 months ago

    Unless you’re a rich white old dude who fits their idea of a professional.

    Then surely he’s just rich and not doing any illegal things.