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Originally Posted by Ravenworks
Sorry to reignite an old thread, I saw it a while back and didn't comment the first time around but I wanted to chime in...
By "profit motive" I speak of "civil asset forfetures" that more and more localitlies, and the feds, rely on for revenue. You can be pulled-over and have your vehicle seized even if you haven't broken any laws and aren't charged with anything!!! Just try and fight a government hungry for the money your car will bring!
Last year there were 18,000 laws passed among federal, state, and local governments. It's getting to where the police can't keep up with what's legal and what's not so how the heck can we keep up? We are becoming a police state and I'm not terribly comfortable with that. Yes, I've voiced these concerns to my police friends over the years and 2 of the 6 have retired the badge because of the same concerns.
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Asset forfeitures are legal when certain crimes (ex. drug dealing) are committed and a vehicle is used in the commission of the crime or the absurd amount of cash that a drug dealer has on him at the time of arrest is directly linked to the dope he has been selling. Your quote that your vehicle can be seized for no reason, without violating any laws is probably one of the most idiotic things I have ever heard. I hope it was some kind of typo. Remember we live in a litigious society, there is no way in hell a court would allow an asset seizure without significant proof of wrong doing.
BTW, SWAT teams are a neccessity because of how bad guys arm themselves.....maybe you didnt hear about the single bad guy who killed two OPD motorcycle officers and then when he was tracked down and a SWAT team made entry on his apartment, he killed two more officers before they were able to stop the threat (kill him). Greg Rickman could tell you a little more about that, his entire build is dedicated to those who have died in the line of duty, especially his former OPD coworkers who were killed that day.....and yeah i'm a cop, and yeah i'm on the SWAT team.
