the poor are targeted because if the cops seize a few thousand dollars, the cost of the specialized maritime/civil forfeiture lawyer is more than the money
an example: a poor man lost his home in Hurricane Hugo in 1989, FEMA gave him $8K to rebuild (in other words, he was very poor, the home was a shack in So. Carolina)
cops seized the cash & even tho FEMA couldn't get it back...
do that for a few decades, it starts to add up
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2024-09-08 20:58:04 UTC
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