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DOJ Halts Program Allowing Law Enforcement to Split Proceeds of Seized Cash, Property

29 Tuesday Dec 2015

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civil asset forfeiture, Department of Justice, equitable sharing program, Law Enforcement, local control, state, tribal


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The Daily Signal, written by Melissa Quinn

The Justice Department is halting a controversial program that allows law enforcement to keep most of the proceeds of cash and property they seize from Americans under federal law, sometimes without charging anyone with a crime.

Now the law enforcement community, which benefits from the program, is pushing back against the Justice Department, saying its decision could have negative consequences on public safety.

Just days before Christmas, the Justice Department announced suspension of its “equitable sharing” program. In a letter to state, local, and tribal law enforcement agencies, the department said it is deferring payments to the agencies because of cuts to its budget, deepened in the spending package passed by Congress earlier this month.

“The department does not take this step lightly,” M. Kendall Day, head of the Justice Department’s asset forfeiture and money laundering division, wrote in the letter, adding:

We explored every conceivable option that would have enabled us to preserve some form of meaningful equitable sharing while continuing to operate the program and meet our other fiscal obligations. Unfortunately, the combined effect of the two reductions totaling $1.2 billion made that impossible.

Day said he remained confident that temporarily suspending the program will allow the Justice Department to reinstate payments to law enforcement, writing that by “deferring equitable sharing payments now, we preserve our ability to resume equitable sharing payments at a later date should the budget picture improve.”

Under equitable sharing, local and state law enforcement agencies seize property and cash under federal forfeiture laws and receive a sizeable portion—up to 80 percent—of the proceeds from what they say are assets tied to crimes.

Opponents of civil forfeiture view law enforcement’s use of equitable sharing as a way to circumvent stricter state forfeiture laws.

Civil forfeiture is a tool that gives law enforcement the power to seize property and cash if they suspect it is connected to a crime.

According to a November report from the Institute for Justice, a public interest law firm opposing civil forfeiture, state and local law enforcement agencies received $4.7 billion in forfeiture proceeds from 2000 to 2013 through the Justice Department’s program.

Law enforcement agencies contend that civil forfeiture is a vital tool needed to combat drug trafficking and money laundering.

In letters to President Barack Obama, Attorney General Loretta Lynch, and congressional leadership, the leaders of six law enforcement groups, including the International Association of Chiefs of Police and the National Association of Police Organizations, warned of the consequences that ending such efforts would have on the communities they serve.

“Given the remarkable success of this program, the provisions approved by Congress and the [Obama] administration are both baffling and disappointing. The suspension of equitable sharing payments may cause some agencies across the country to reconsider their ability to participate in joint task forces with the federal government,” the law enforcement officials wrote, adding:

The effects of this decision are far reaching and not only a disservice to law enforcement, but also to the public they are sworn to protect.

In a separate statement, the National Sheriff’s Association said the Justice Department’s decision will hinder law enforcement agencies’ ability to do their jobs[…]

 

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ROGUE ADMINISTRATION:

In other words, the Department of Justice’s Equitable Sharing Program has morphed into share no more.

 

Permission to republish granted from The Heritage Foundation.

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Government seizes a senior’s savings when she tries to fly with cash

15 Friday Aug 2014

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The federal government seized cash belonging to a recently retired senior citizen traveling to the Philippines to live with her daughter.

The Florida woman’s problems began after U. S. Customs at a Detroit airport discovered that the “amount” of cash the 78 year old was carrying (on her person and throughout her luggage) differed from the amount declared verbally and in writing.

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….She believed it would be safer to keep it hidden. Safe from thieves or government agents; whichever appeared first. But her efforts to protect her cash failed.

After finding wads of cash in her wallets and carry-on bag, the agents went so far as to remove the woman’s brassiere and girdle to find the rest. In total they seized $40,977 from the woman, which were proceeds from the recent sale of her $120,000 home….

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The federal government released the woman and stole the life savings of a senior citizen under civil asset forfeiture. As usual in the case of government theft civil asset forfeitures, no criminal charges were filed.

Intent on keeping the savings of a 78 year old, a “Complaint for Forfeiture” was filed by the U.S. Attorney’s office on behalf of the DOJ.

 

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http://www.policestateusa.com/2014/victoria-faren-forfeiture/

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IRS Abuses Civil Forfeiture Law

01 Thursday May 2014

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Newsmax (George Will)

Earnest moralists lament Americans’ distrust of government. What really is regrettable is that government does much to earn distrust, as Terry Dehko, 70, and his daughter Sandy Thomas, 41, understand.

Terry, who came to Michigan from Iraq in 1970, soon did what immigrants often do: He went into business, buying Schott’s Supermarket in Fraser, Mich., where he still works six days a week….

Sandy, a mother of four, has a master’s degree in urban planning but has worked in the store off and on since she was 12. She remembers, “They just walked into the store” and announced that they had emptied the store’s bank account. The IRS agents believed, or pretended to believe, that Terry and Sandy were or conceivably could be — which is sufficient for the IRS — conducting a criminal enterprise when not selling groceries….

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The IRS stole $35,000 from the supermarket owner’s bank account. The IRS is not the only government agency stealing Americans blind. Civil asset forfeiture is taking place on every level of government.

Americans assets are being pilfered by government thugs because….well, because, they can.

irs civil asset forfeiture

Wake up America.

 

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http://www.newsmax.com/GeorgeWill/IRS-Civil-Forfeiture-Law/2014/05/01/id/568866/#ixzz30U3YaOss
http://www.orlandosentinel.com/news/opinion/dana-summers/os-dana-summers-editorial-cartoons,0,831745.photogallery

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