Civil Forfeiture: Past Week Tonight with John Oliver (HBO)
Did you know law enforcement can just get your things if they suspect it is concerned in a criminal offense? They can!
It’s a shady method referred to as “civil asset forfeiture,” and it would make for a bizarre episode of Regulation and Buy.
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25 comments
DirtyLenzes March 10, 2017 5:20 am
the correct spanish question would be (upside down ? I'm to lazy to format) tiene pesos muchos en su camioneta?
ReplyIvone de Figueiredo March 10, 2017 5:20 am
This is awful. I had no idea a so-called "modern" democratic country would have such prehistoric "laws"!
And Kangaroo courts are probably more legitimate than these!
ReplyIan Baker March 10, 2017 5:20 am
I wouldn't be surprised if the cops that abuse this are also the overreacting cops that shoot first and ask questions later. that would explain why they get away with it: they earn the profits
ReplySalidarc March 10, 2017 5:20 am
I love John Oliver but every week he scares me for living in America
ReplyRuhlmann March 10, 2017 5:20 am
America pays lip service to "freedom" at the drop of a hat but Americans haven't been free since the turn of the 21st century.
ReplyEmilstryhn March 10, 2017 5:20 am
This is why every country in Europe has common sense in Their laws
Replysawyer bergeron March 10, 2017 5:20 am
Couldn't you sue the town/city/district for violation of due process?
ReplyDustin Pearson March 10, 2017 5:20 am
fuck these cops man.. robbing people
ReplySteve L. March 10, 2017 5:20 am
I'm baffled. John did talk about the great american ability of optimism and there you certainly need it. The police can legally steal your stuff and it's not even a big thing when you hear the interviewed cop in the clip. In germany there are demonstrations against arbitrary use of power by the police but we demonstrate against racial profiling and the resulting unfair treatment of ethnical groups. But you don't get robbed (or even shot) without any reasons or prosecution.
ReplyHemi Tipene March 10, 2017 5:20 am
thank God nz is far from this.
ReplyFastLikeUNO March 10, 2017 5:20 am
This is straight up theft?!
ReplyDaniel F. March 10, 2017 5:20 am
Putting a house on trial… if they wanna stop drugs, they should start with whoever came up with that…
ReplyWilson D March 10, 2017 5:20 am
didn't trump just tell the sheriffs to do just this at a recent meeting? HOLY FUCK.. 🙁
Replymax Payne March 10, 2017 5:20 am
Makes me ashamed to be an American land of the free my A**
Replysepiae March 10, 2017 5:20 am
Gee, I don't trust the police over here in Europe…
ReplyHow do you guys in the U.S. cope ???
sepiae March 10, 2017 5:20 am
An absolutely disgusting and outrageous practice, and for a non-U.S. citizen just flabbergasting.
(without subtracting any of the disgust and outrage, and from the absurdity of charges against property: 64 000+ pounds of shark fins should have landed the 'owner' in front of the judge, and in jail)
ReplyMelissa Larsen March 10, 2017 5:20 am
America, land of the free, right?
ReplyMatt Wood March 10, 2017 5:20 am
I feel like Oliver is the modern day Jefferson with his foresight and sense of justice leaning toward the future.
ReplyNicolas Kapfer March 10, 2017 5:20 am
And you call that a democraty…. Just make me puke… Its worth than in poor corrupted countries… And this should be the first country in the world…
Thanks John Oliver to show the world, how "great" is America! 🙂
ReplyDmitriy Lebedev March 10, 2017 5:20 am
Land of the free…of property.
ReplyBuzzy Bland March 10, 2017 5:20 am
Scum like that make it impossible for the police who are on the job because they actually want to help people and maintain order to actually make any sort of a difference. Nowadays so many people see the police uniform and automatically assume the person wearing it is corrupt and wants to screw them over for the evulz.
And don't give me that shit about "All cops are pigs" or "They don't give a shit about XXX race". There's people from every race, every background, and every walk of life out there in the American police force. I've got family that work or have worked in the police force, and aside from one uncle who's a douche bag, they're good people.
ReplyJeffrey Ohler March 10, 2017 5:20 am
So hold on a minute now,if their claim is that they believe said property will be used for "criminal" activity,then why haven't they seized and shut down every single weapons manufacturing facility in the US?
ReplyDaniel Swanson March 10, 2017 5:20 am
trump just encouraged this kind of stealing.
ReplyFlonit99 88 March 10, 2017 5:20 am
and then you have balls to talk about how Russia is bad
ReplyBen Benjamin March 10, 2017 5:20 am
This is criminal corruption done by police
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