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InJustice Department Resumes Armed Robbery Sharing Program With Local Cops
• thedailysheeple.comHe announced that state and local officials would no longer be allowed to use federal law to seize private property such as cash or cars without evidence that a crime was committed.
While Holder did not end the program – called "equitable sharing" – entirely, his limits were the first ever to be placed on the program in its three-decade existence. This seemed to be a positive change, especially considering that asset forfeiture has more than doubled under Obama.
Civil asset forfeiture is, simply put, the government stealing your property – including but not limited to cash, jewelry, cars, and even homes – without charging or convicting you with a crime.
The feds' equitable sharing program allows police to take property from citizens under federal civil forfeiture law instead of the applicable state law.