Crime pays for police

[rayofreason]

Source: Boston Herald

Russell and Patricia Caswell are a hard-working couple who may soon have their American Dream taken from them by the unholy alliance of local and federal law enforcement officials seeking to cash in on the Caswell’s property.

The Caswells face this dilemma even though they have broken no law and have spent their entire professional career working to combat crime with the very police force that now seeks to take their property though civil forfeiture. What is happening to Russ and Pat, however, is by no means an isolated instance and local law enforcement’s end-run around state laws designed to end the abuse of civil forfeiture should give anyone who owns Massachusetts property pause.

Read more: http://www.bostonherald.com/news/opinion/op_ed/view.bg?articleid=1372187

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Read the rest. Then ready the tar and feathers.

[valerief]

1. Wow, scary stuff. nt

[Liberal_in_LA]

3. +100

[Dawson Leery]

2. The DEA has never done anything good for society.

The DEA has NOT ONCE done anything to protect us.

[Downwinder]

4. Need to incorporate and become a privileged person.

They have yet to seize a phone Company tho most drug deals are arranged by phone.

[saras]

5. The logical thing would be to sue the asses off the police - publicity can only help

[Odin2005]

6. the cops are just a government-supported organized crime ring.

[Downwinder]

7. Cartel.