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		Aerroon on April 4, 2021 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Lawsuit against TSA and DEA over airport seizures ... I don't understand how civil asset forfeiture isn't called stealing. Legal or not, the people doing it are no better than thieves and robbers. They should (probably) be socially treated the same way as well.

SturgeonsLaw on April 4, 2021 | [–]

Law enforcement reserves the right to commit murder with impunity, why would theft keep them up at night?

LocalH on April 4, 2021 | | [–]

I think it's a weird perversion of the "monopoly on violence" that the state claims.

mlindner on April 4, 2021 | [–]

Because the drug war, and racism.

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