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Sex Crime Victim Denied $69,000 Settlement Because Cops Seized Her Abuser's Cash Through Civil Forfeiture (news.yahoo.com)

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A North Carolina teenager was hoping to get her life back on track after a state judge ordered a man who sexually abused her to pay her $69,000. Instead, she got a nasty surprise.

The local police department had already seized the cash through civil asset forfeiture, and it was already gone. Despite a judge's order, she will get nothing.

The case is a stunning example of the misplaced priorities and perverse incentives that asset forfeiture creates for police—and of how the federal government allows state and local police to evade reforms to stop forfeiture abuse.

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[–] mindbleach@sh.itjust.works 56 points 11 months ago (1 children)

The case is a stunning example of the misplaced priorities and perverse incentives that asset forfeiture creates for police

The case is a reminder this entire concept is theft.

They steal the money, charge the inanimate object with a crime, and expect you to sue to get it back. They stole it. Stop using big words to make it sound sane. We legalized theft, for cops.

[–] keefshape@lemmy.ml -1 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago)

Oops replied to wrong post