"Legalized theft" is nothing new for governments, this method is more efficient at gaining the proceeds and making it nearly impossible to retrieve lost property - money - from the state police. Any government that is suspicious of its citizens because they carry large sums of money and demands it forfeiture because of the nature of possession is extremely dangerous and already beyond the control of the citizens it governs.

Exactly. One root of the evil tree we live under.

That also goes for her rapist hubby, but the Clintons became a royal couple of the Progressive Movement and so remain above the rule of law.

Theft pure and simple.

There was a sheriff in some Midwest state who had a deal with one of the satellite channels (maybe Discovery) to have 4 "volunteers" go into jail for 30 days, no one knew who they were. They reported all kinds of drugs, sex for money, abuse and guards who ignored beatings and rapes right in front of them. They also ended up getting several guards charged by the Sheriff when they got out, and said it was the most humiliating thing and terrifying experience they had ever had. Too bad Hillary Beast will never experience it, one person I do wish it on...

I was a state corrections officer for 21 years.
I know what you are talking about.
About every couple of years a warden would fire someone on the spot and sometimes also send for deputies to haul the corrupt prison guard to the county jail.
I know of one who got convicted for life without parole and returned to the state prison system as an inmate.
Myself retiring in 2003, that dude is still rotting away in a protective custody single man cell.

It is indeed in need of trimming, but like most bacteria, they reproduce faster than we can cut them back, and the politicians with them...

I realize a lot of police are good guys, but they need to police themselves and slap down these rogue nations that spring up, or all of them will get tainted...

You hit it.

Lovely. I really hope someone starts a discussion about the Government being a giant corporation that needs a trimming, long before we worry about private corporations.

You need something like a court, with dude in black robes etc to actually be guilty. Or it used to be that way...

Exactly, the question of our generation, look at Hillary Beast, violates Federal law that others are in jail by the Obamanation for less types, and yet she is free and clear! Who is going to stop them? Reminds me of Heinlein's story "The long Watch" where they have nuclear weapons on the moon and a guy stops them from being used against earth, and has the saying "Who watches the watchers?"

Even if the dog was 95% accurate and 5% of the population were drug carriers, and a dog had a positive reaction to some person, there would still be only 50 - 50 chance of the person actually being guilty of having drugs.

That is truth. It was a good idea until corrupt politicians and law enforcement found it to be a lucrative side trade, then legally make it the source of funding for their jobs, so the HAVE to loot to stay employed. Talk about conflict of interests!

I think Dino is referring to those to whom "due process" is a foreign concept, as is true in much of our legal system today. You cannot read that article and come to any conclusion but due process was not observed.

Can you clarify what you mean by honest police? Most police just follow the law and when the law specifies seizure of property for certain alleged crimes what is the honest policeman to do? The problem is that both liberals and conservatives support such laws and both prefer punishment for law breakers whether by due process or not as long as someone is punished. It is out of sight, out of mind, party on!

Forfeiture laws are legal plunder/theft and need to be done away with.

Not weird. It shows you just where America's priorities are - not where they ought to be. This generation of Americans is getting what they deserve. Unfortunately we are getting it, too. This was one the point of Eddie Willers being stranded in nowhereland.

I have had it with asset forfeitures. I would BAN them completely, along with getting rid of drug laws 100% and a number of other things too. I dont think I would last too long as an elected official however.

In many cases, and probably in this case as well, the dog did not smell anything. The dog handler gives a barely visible sign for the dog to act in a certain way, appearing as if the dog smelled drugs. This is a well know method for the cops to go around getting a warrant. Basically, the cops in these cases are the criminals, but who's going to stop them?

Maybe the cop is the famous "dog whisperer" that understands canine?

Then again, it's more likely he speaks donkey, because the egregious nature of their attempt at theft is asinine...

Guarantee you they found what they thought was a rube, a simpleton foreigner with little command of English, and they were "rousting" him. The old "broken taillight" story - if that isn't a paradigm from one of those movies where a cop pulls someone over, busts out a taillight, and tells the guy "Son, ya got a taillight out... best step on out the car... " and then on the collar radio "Josie, have officer Opie c'mon out with the canine, I think we got us a live one here and I know ol' blue will let us roust his car..."

And people wonder why people in foreign countries stay away from America? Seriously... it's well known that if you speak with an accent, and/or look foreign, a lot of places are "Sunset" counties... e.g. "You best have your (insert derogatory term here) ass in some other county before the sun sets..."

Really weird!
I support honest police.
Not corrupt police.
We have both.

Thanks, Curcuit,. I was wondering who the heck even cares about cops ripping off citizens just because they have a lot of cash.
I just may vote libertarian this November if Alabama allows me to.
No promises. I'm keeping my options open right down to the wire.
Seems like anything may happen during this particular election.

Things are heading in the AS road direction...