This is a really, really great thing to read, honestly. Rarely these days does any part of the US government manage to make any improvements, but Holder made a great move here. Asset seizure is just completely ridiculous, so by limiting that seizure to things that should actually be taken--not just cash and other items that aren't a public safety issue--it takes money from police stations, yeah, but it should prevent innocent people from having money and possessions wrongly taken from them.
http://www.washingtonpost.com/invest...y.html?hpid=z1
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“With this new policy, effective immediately, the Justice Department is taking an important step to prohibit federal agency adoptions of state and local seizures, except for public safety reasons,” Holder said in a statement.
Holder’s decision allows some limited exceptions, including illegal firearms, ammunition, explosives and property associated with child pornography, a small fraction of the total. This would eliminate virtually all cash and vehicle seizures made by local and state police from the program.
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