How Police Departments Use Civil Forfeiture to Collect Billions
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- Опубліковано 13 бер 2017
- Based on laws that originated from the War on Drugs in the 1980s, police departments around the country are able to seize a person’s cash and property without charging them with a crime.
Civil forfeiture laws were created as a tool to cripple suspected criminals and drug rings, but police departments nationwide have been using this cash and property to fund their operations or even pay policemen directly.
The problem, is that in the vast majority of assets seizures, the individual is not charged with a crime. And once their cash and property are seized, getting it back is a prohibitively lengthy and expensive process.
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Civil forfeiture laws were created to cripple drug rings, but some police departments have been using reclaimed cash to fund operations, or even pay salaries directly.
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More propable is that those laws we're only pushed on people using the fear of drug war to gain more control.
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I heard Arizona introduced laws to take money off your credit and debit cards.
And they carry machines to deduct the cash !
This is really crazy !
To Take The House Of This Hard Working Old Man THAT DESERVE TO SMOKE AS MUCH WEED AS HE WANT.
THEY SHOULD BE BRINGING HIM WEED TO SMOKE !
You know what really gets me on top of this is The Racism Against Others In The Country When Whites Are Doing Things Like This To Whites And Worse !
*The same people that's doing it to them are the same ones that told them To Be Afraid Of All Others In The Country And The others are The Ones Taking Their Lives Away From Them.*
Don't do the crime if you can't do the time. He is criminal, he'll face the consequences. Next people like him will demand affordable healthcare. People need to learn that they have to work and abide by the law if they want to be part of this great country.
It's so ridiculous. Weed is only illegal b/c Big pharm lobbies to keep it that way. How many people died from Marijuana use in the last 5 years compared to people who died from alcohol and alcohol related incidents? These municipalities will continue to break the law to line their own pockets b/c, as the Bible states: "The LOVE of money is the root to all evil." Some people say, "well don't commit a crime." Umm, you don't have to commit a crime to get your stuff stolen, you don't have to commit a crime or behave in a suspicious way to be pulled over. Many of these cops will use the opportunity to pull people over as a pretense to manipulate them through fear to get their stuff.
stealing an entire 26 acres house and a bunch of cars at gunpoint from an old man and then locking up him and his wife in a cage and then extorting $25,000 from them in the form of a fine is not that bad of a crime. but smoking some herb... now you crossed the line.
Yeah, next thing you know it will be 20 years for ejaculating!
Hey now buddy, you crossed the loine(sic) there.
they had 14 plants and 8 pounds ready for distribution at the time of the arrest
Harry Scheuerle I don't normally get angry but seen you on here a few times just stating that they had plants, as if that makes any difference, it's a fucking plant.
yep, just like tobacco, right? The plants are almost irrelevant to the fact they had an 8 pound stash they were caught selling from. Illegal sales are illegal, regardless of your opinion on the drug. "pls fuck off and die," nice argument by the way!
The more I learn about America the more I fear for its own safety
the more i learn about that fkd up country the more iam glad to live in western europe
Safety isn’t a problem over there, everyone feels safe carrying an AR15 🤡
That’s what they want...keep us in fear!!!! SO DONT BE ))☝🏻😀😇😉
America will never be destroyed from the outside. If we falter and lose our freedoms, it will be because we destroyed ourselves.
The less I want to go there
When you start taking away everything from people who at that point have nothing to lose, be scared, be very scared. Nothing is more dangerous than a man who has nothing to lose!
Bruh why don't people understand this ? Your comment needs more likes 👍.
@@vengeancewillbemine3440 Sheep spend their lives fearing the wolf, only to be slaughtered by the shepherd.
NICE WORDING ON THAT BRO 👌
AMEN BRO
@@Michael9-23-15 I don’t think anyone is going to get slaughtered by the cucks
My boyfriend got robbed of his stimulus check right after he cashed it outside of a bank. He was robbed at gun point and the bank got police involved, the police found the man and disclosed to my boyfriend that they found the money... needless to say that money has yet to be seen by my boyfriend a year later...
Need to sue
Cops probably pocketed it. He is never getting that money back.
What are you waiting for? Go back there and get your money back!
I got robbed by a bunch of crackheads. The police caught them and kept the money. Told me that if I want the money back, I have to sue the city. WTF? I'm supposed to be looking at years of legal fees for a 300 dollar paycheck?
Ewry off that police officers has their hoke so i will visit them and show him love.
Law enforcement are the ones who should be having their assets seized. This type of tyrannical bs makes me sick.
@Cynthia Pope your gonna kill cops that defend your family from being robbed?
@Cynthia Pope yes they are, don't lie cops respond to calls. George Floyd isn't an accurate case to show all cops are bad because one cop was horrible. Your stereotyping a whole work force.
Law enforcement are empowered to seize assets by your elected representatives. Which means this is what we wanted based on who we voted in. That's the way democracy works. God bless America.
look how it's paying off for them now
Yes they should because it is most likely everyone elses property or stolen money this is out of control!!!! We the people need to pull together and get something done!!!! Take it to Washington !!!!
5 minutes in and I can't even finish watching this it makes me so sick.
Same here. Its disgusting and they get away with it
Right
The ONLY WAY to vindicate this is have these tyrannical oxymoronic laws from ALL 50 states
Removed and abolished
You all need to watch it. Watch the 80 year old man on the verge of losing 26 acres of land, and 3 vehicles he worked his whole life for. All because he smoked some weed. Sickening
My ex was once in a drug area. She was visiting an apartment because she was trying to buy a pill. Because of the area, she was pulled over. Her friend was with her and admitted to the police that she wanted to buy a pill in the area. They found no actual drugs on them, and charged my ex with "Attempt to possess narcotics". They took her car (worth about $20,000). She never got it back. This was in TN.
I live in Nashville and have heard plenty of cases like this here. I’m moving back to Haiti at this point 🤣🤣
Rome: I'm the most corrupt empire ever.
USA: hold my Budweiser.
Remember when we used to call them pirates.
You called them pirates
Still called street pirates
They’re robbing people that have free will to do whatever with their body and should have free will to provide any service the government should not regulate and force people to not survive in whatever way they feel fit. Violent crimes? Robbery? Should be seriously taken and I see what the police doing as robbery in these videos
Snouters
Yeah Now we just call them all bastards
End the fucking drug war.
Ed Money no
Ed is right you know. Legalize drugs , let the government regulate the supply and increase the quality. Then sell them cheaper and watch the drug lords file for bankruptcy. And take back the power you gave to police.
Miguel Lopez might have an interest in keeping the drug war going, lol.
As alex zannettou said, the stocks will increase. This will mean that (drug) cartels won't hold the monopoly and instead consumers will start buying from legal companies. To put it as simply as possible, think of diamonds, they're expensive because it has a rarity of sellers. If you some how got 10,000 more diamonds and gave them to different companies, the price will go dramatically down. If we legalised drugs and regulated it, firstly it will limit the amount of dangerous chemicals. Secondly as I said earlier, cartels control the monopoly, so if we sell it for less either the cartels will have to sell it for less or go bankrupt. Cartels count on corruption, they'll bribe high status officials of governments and/or corporations to ignore them. But as the cartel can't afford this as their profit is going down, the cartel will end up weak, and defenceless.
there's a reason some drugs are illegal, others maybe should be...
As most of Oliver's stories show, almost everything in America is a racket. Civil forfeiture, payday loans, lotteries, TV preachers, educational loans, municipal courts and on and on and on. What a country.
I googled Civil Forfeiture and all of the results was for the united states
I betcha a whole lot of that civil forfeiture stuff never finds its way back to the evidence room either.
I used to be the kind of person who if I found a wallet of money on the street, I would turn it in to the police hoping that they would put a notice in the newspaper. Needless to say, I don't do that anymore.
When I was 18 I had my backpack stolen with my MacBook, Prada sunglasses, and other expensive items in it. Naturally, I called the police to help me get it back. They got it back, but then threatened to keep it if I didn’t unlock my MacBook for them, since the KID WHO STOLE MY STUFF told them I was involved in illegal activities... They told me “hey if you’re so smart look this up, CIVIL ASSET FORFEITURE...” It took months of my parents and lawyers harassing the police for them to just hand me my stuff back. It’s ridiculous that this is the course of action I had to take in America “LAND OF THE FREE...”
Anthony Bish sounds like u made that story up tbh.
Time to go TERMINATOR ON THESE TERRORIST POLICE!
How is this any different from the thugs who would charge innocent business owners a tax to operate in "their neighborhood"? How is it any different?
I don't know, but I am sure the IRS can explain to us how the PROTECTION RACKET or EXTORTION game works. Just like the govt can explain to us how the NUMBERS RACKET, LOAN SHARKING, and BOOT LEGGING RACKETS use to work in America
It’s different because police aren’t supposed to be thugs. Or have we forgotten?
Jonathan Peterson you said it right police AREN’T supposed to to be thugs....yet they steal and take just like thugs do....
Police ARE the Mob
Oh my god what's going on in USA. I am from Denmark i can see i leve i another world.
He said it himself: "We're looking for large amounts of money."
How to push a good man completely over the edge 101
If you think asset forfeiture laws aren't criminal acts... think again. I once worked for the Santa Barbara County Sheriff's Department as a deputy sheriff. I was fired for turning in/identifying corrupt cops within that law enforcement agency. These cops routinely stole possessions from innocent civilians and much through the "asset seizure forfeiture law(s)". All of them continually fail to do their job instead spending the majority of duty time doing nothing when they swore an oath to enforce the law/do the job taxpayers pay them to do.
Worse yet, some of them were convicted criminals who somehow were later hired as cops only to continue their criminal misconduct under the protection of badge and gun. They are all protected by the corrupt administration of the Santa Barbara County Sheriff's Department led by Undersheriff Bernard Melekian, Sheriff William "Bill - I am a Nazi lover" Brown and others to include lieutenant Shawn O'Grady, and Commander Eric Koopman.
These corrupt SBSO cops are Marc A. Hammill (City of Buellton resident), Neil Gowing (City of Orcutt resident), Daniel Lee McCammon (Santa Barbara resident), Daniel Kohli, Wayne Johnson (Ventura resident) Justin DiPinto, Christopher Corbett, Edward Moss (City of Lompoc resident), Adrien Marquez (City of Lompoc resident), Karen McCormick (City of Lompoc resident), Dennis Thomas, Shawn O'Grady (Santa Ynez resident), Bernard Melekian, William "Bill" - "I am a Nazi lover" Brown (City of Lompoc resident and ex-City of Lompoc Police Chief).
There are even cops within the Santa Barbara County Sheriff's Department who unjustifiably shoot citizens (Christopher MacAuley, Jeremy Rogers, and more). Then there are the cops who commit murder and get away with it protected by their corrupt supervisors and administration. Sociopaths abound in law enforcement and it is TIME for that to end.
I'm writing a book about what happened to me. I shall expose them all for the crooks they are. I shall then recommend changes WHICH MUST be introduced and observed to end law enforcement corruption once and for all. Frank Serpico... you truly are my hero.
DO NOT TRUST LAW ENFORCEMENT EVER. Carry a smartphone and/or voice recorder and ALWAYS have it recording should you find yourself contacted by law enforcement. Hold law enforcement accountable... FOR THEY ARE SERVANTS OF THE PUBLIC AND NOT SUPPRESSORS OF THE PEOPLE.
END THE DRUG WAR - Abolish all local law enforcement narcotic teams and task forces. Abolish the asset seizure forfeiture laws.
It would be great if you could prove and source any of these allegations. If not, this sounds like nothing more than allegations.
Prove? I was there and witnessed the criminal misconduct firsthand. Furthermore, some of the corrupt cops I identified are convicted criminals and all you have to do is look up their names in any online database to find out what they were convicted of prior to being hired as a cop.
I'm sorry... but there are crimes listed as "crimes of moral turpitude"... and if one is convicted of such crimes they should NEVER be allowed to work as a peace officer/cop. Period.
History repeats itself. Always.
As to the unjustified shootings I've identified... I doubt there is any "proof" of them for my prior employer deletes and hides any and all damning evidence. This is common place for them and continues to this very day.
Deputy sheriff Jeremy Rogers pursued a fleeing motorist onto the U.S. Highway 101 IN THE WRONG DIRECTION in direction violation of his employer's policy/regulations and also in violation of California Vehicle Code 23103(a)(1). Rogers also shot an elderly gentleman who was standing in his own backyard holding his legally owned handgun down at this side. Rogers shot this elderly man in the head killing him outright yet this man posed no direct threat to anyone at the time. His employer covered his criminal misconduct up. This is unjustifiable and thus murder. This misconduct led to him and his employer rightfully being sued in court (by the decedent's widow). Rogers also shot and killed an unarmed burglar who posed no immediate threat to life... again unjustifiable homicide (a.k.a. murder). Again, his employer confiscated all the video evidence from this unjustified shooting (both dashcam patrol car footage and witness cell phone videos) and it thereafter vanished from the evidence chain.
I could go on and on about stuff I witnessed and know firsthand... but you get the picture. If you don't get the picture then I suggest you search UA-cam for "Frank Serpico Lamplighters" video and watch the first four minutes or so.
Whistleblowers don't exist in law enforcement because they are quickly victimized by the corrrupt cops/and chain of command and subsequently fired. Thus, the overwhelming majority of cops do not have the willpower/courage to stand up for what is right. They either participate in the criminal misconduct themselves or they turn a blind eye to the misconduct they bear witness to (which makes them just as guilty in my opinion).
You still have to prove it, like show us the sources, you are currently asking us to trust you at face value, and not even that.
I'm unsure why I must prove what I know and witnessed firsthand. I know the truth of my former employer and its corrupt employees. They even burglarized my home repeatedly to steal what evidence I retained to prove their criminal misconduct.
All in all, I don't care what you say in regards to me having to "prove" anything. You do the leg work yourself. If you don't want to then I shall leave it at that or otherwise consider you one of the very corrupt cops I've identified above.
Not all cops are corrupt... but far too many are.
DaMuses I think you're missing my point. Your perspective and your 'truth' or whatever you might call it is yours. I can't change that. But you're giving us - the public - information, information that is filled with harsh allegations of corruption. None of us care what you 'know' to be true, as you are no one of importance or credibility to all of us. My point being, if you want us to take in your information and take it as fact, you'll have to prove it to us.
To put things in perspective, if I say: 'There is a god named Tuah and Tuah is a gnome living inside the earth, I've got no proof, but I know it myself as fact - you have to do the research yourself...'
Do you understand where I'm getting at? What you're saying could possibly be true, it could also be false, but it lies with the accuser to prove it, which is you.
The police sound like a cartel to me
Government employed and armed thugs as opposed to the self/gang employed thugs on the street. Only the government justifies its crimes in the name of "public safety". The government destroys its own credibility. One of the few people in government who have any common sense includes Jared Polis, Steven Cohen, Earl Blumenaur, Trey Gowdy, Jason Chaffetz, Alan Grayson. All good men in a corrupt institution, these men don't like it, don't like being represented by an incompetent corrupt government but they are working to fix America. That's why I like them and anybody else these good men approve of I will support. I trust their judgement, the only thing within the government I trust is their judgement, the character of these patriots and loyalists to the concept of freedom I have named will be the only Americans in government I trust.
The police are the biggest, most powerful, and well funded gang in the world all with the backing of local, state, and the federal government. I personally have never had a problem with a street gang or member but I have been harassed by the police on a few occasions. So where is the real threat coming from?
Midwest Mike and they have the blue line protecting them so they can commit murder or whatever and it don't matter. The police state is caused by the war on drugs, they wouldn't be militarized if drugs were legal and there was no underground market for gangs to take advantage of.
They can't kill you but they can put you in a fucking cage for the rest of your life. Which is more inhumane?
Careful what you wish for
Did you guys hear the story of the $20,000 they seized when a guy was going to buy a car from craigslist? The guy said he was going to buy a car and the cop didn't even put it on the report, just took the money. Never returned it either, even after being called out on TV.
@10:35
Damn they went and got Sal to represent them in court! Better call Sal lol
The police department is so corrupt.
shut up with that, you wouldn't last 10 seconds in Russia,china or Indonesia, with you're 'oooh government bad, domestic terrorism good' bullshite.
Big Lad you sound like your mom dropped you on your head one too many times
Carolyn Williams Big Lad is clearly butthurt that someone else isn’t also licking boots when he misses a spot lmao
Which one lol?
Domingo De Anda they should bring back the Vigilante Angels that you used to see riding the subway wearing combat trousers and red berets & black jackets! (They did make a difference even tho the police were convinced they were doing more bad than good!) #somethingsgottachange!
Cop logic: "This is a huge amount of money, that's not yours is it?"
Citizen: "It's mine"
Cop: "good cause I'm seizin it!"
To serve & protect huh?
More like to Rob & Neglect...
Lol! This needs to be spray painted on every police car and station.
no they serve and protect, people behind the blue line. they are a fucking gang that has gotten out of control and been over bloated by our taxes claiming they need them for a destructive war on drugs that only harms EVERYONE and gives them an excuse to militarize their forces.
More like Punish and enslave
Merika 😂😂
I clicked here from a Washington Post video on this very subject and the money they seized from the kid was given to him by his dad and he was going to use it to start a new life on the West Coast.
One of my friends dads used to work for the DEA and he told me about how one time they found a major drug dealer and had all the evidence to convict him but where told by their bosses to wait till he would touch something valuable so they waited till he got on his plane so that way the could seize the plane with him as well
I unfortunately got a taste of this with my first new truck in the 90s. I was a teenager got caught with an ounce of smoke and they seized my truck I'd just bought for 16k that I'd financed. Even though taking something that isn't paid for and not satisfying the lender in a seizure was supposed to be illegal it did stop the police from keeping it for 7 months and going to court a bunch of times fighting. All said and done it cost 7k just for the truck back. Another 10k to get a lawyer good enough so I didn't go to prison for an ounce. Icing on the cake was when I got off the charges the cops were pissed and told some dealer I had never even heard of that I ratted on him, so that guy was looking to kill me. Plus years of harassment and 19 tickets in two years. I can't believe they didn't have anything better to do. That's all I did was smoke, didn't do anything else wrong.
God damn frat boy gun clubs
seize a persons house for owning a plant? my views are really changing on america
oh no not a plant with medicinal, textile, building material and culinary uses!!! quick lock them all up!
Inathan the law is according to those who sell drugs
America is well know for being evil nation by all, like not only terrorizing and destroying other countries but doing same ting to their own citizen because of capitalistic cancer in their mind. Stay away from the devil called America or you'll be next to suffer just like these people. They're lost and can't be saved!!!!
Just the government, the corporations and bankers. Never be dis-loyal to those who are your people.
as a american that served in the military and now works for the government i can tell you that i no longer belive in America or the goverment.. so if your thinking america is great, thats no longer the truth.. if you just want to live in a greedy society and be a slave to government this is the place to live. i have seen the truth and its Sick..
"lemme in there! I don't wanna have to shoot your dog!"
Jesus Christ, even if I was about to cooperate that would have escalated things to a 10.
Ikr what a pos
Exactly like wtf
I'd shoot anyone who threatens my fur babies!!
@@edhuzyak5333 wouldnt make it far LMFAO
@@-SidneyPrescott don't care they dying with me
I feel so awful for that couple, I hope that concerned citizen that called on them can't sleep at night and everything bad in life happens to him or her
I love how cops ask if you have any warrants
Why does everybody in any slight little position of power love stealing from the poor...
because it's easy
BASSic - Bass Boosted Music. thats true from the streets to the .gov sad
BASSic - Bass Boosted Music the strong prey on the weak. This applies to all living animals
Revenge, Greed, corruption
Power is the most altering drug.
nobody gonna mention how the cop with the ar-15 basically threatened to shoot his dog ?
Apparently it's common in America police like to shoot dogs
Awful. That's threatening my child and I take it as such.
@@SmallPaul. It is estimated that a dog is shot by a police officer “every 98 minutes”. The Department of Justice estimates that at least 25 dogs are killed by police every day. The Puppycide Database Project estimates the number of dogs being killed by police to be closer to 500 dogs a day, which translates to 182,000 dogs a year.
Didn’t see the clip in reference but a very large percentage of the time then killing the dog is justified. For instance having to kick the door down to a house(with a warrant of course) when criminal activity is suspected and a dog comes charging at you, of course they’re going to shoot the dog. It would be moronic to assume they’re going to let themselves be attacked by a dog.
He told him to get the dog under control otherwise he would shoot him, considering he didn’t know what kind of dog was on the other side of the door it’s a pretty reasonable request.
I work in law enforcement in Florida and know of the practice in some counties. But in the State of Georgia there will known for it. A few years back my brother and his son and a family friend were on there way to a vehicle auction.in Georgia when they got pulled over. In all my personal vehicle's I have dash cams hooked up my wife's and sons and daughters. I tell all my relatives to get them to. My brother had one in his SUV when he was stopped the dash cam shows your speed to. The officer that pulled him over said he was speeding doing 85mph in a 65mph zone. I always tell everybody I know do not fight with the police on the side of the road even if you know there wrong that's not the place to fight your case. So my brother said fine he knew he wasn't speeding and had the proof so he figured he would fight it in court. They were going to the auction to try to buy two almost new pickup truck's one for my brother and one for his son. The auction only took cash or a cashier check so my brother brought cash with him. He had it in the back of his SUV. The officer ask him if he had any weapons on him or In the vehicle which he did not then he asked him if he had any large amounts of my in the vehicle and my brother told him yes because they were going to try to buy 2 vehicle. The officer called for more units and when his sergeant showed up asked my brother to get the money my brother told them no because there was no reason for them to see it. He showed them all the information for the auction even his registration he had to do so he could make a bide at it. They didn't care about any of that they told him people use this road to transport drugs and now they were going to have a dog go around the vehicle. All of this is on video from my brothers dash cam and it just happened that one of the units that showed up was a K9 unit. My brother and son both took out there phones to video the dog going around the vehicle but when they did that they were ordered to put there phones on the ground and stand by one of the police units. Since my brothers dash cam didn't cover the rear we don't have video of the officer running the dog around the vehicle but the officer said the dog hit on something
Now they have the right to search the vehicle my brother told them were his money was and they got it the thing is that was the end of the search. Again my brother told them about the auction but that didn't matter. They took the money and gave my brother a receipt and case number. There was over 35 thousand that they took and then drove away not even giving my brother a citation for speeding the reason they stopped him in the first place. My brother went right to there station to get his money back but they told him he has to contact the D.A office on Monday this was Saturday. My brother called me to tell me what happened and if I could help I told him not to do anything because that could get him arrested just to come home and I would make some calls. I found out a lot about this department from friends I have in the Georgia State Patrol how they were famous for doing this. I called there Chief of Police and told him who I was and who I worked for but all l got out of him was there's nothing I can do and to contact there D.A.. Now I'm really pissed so I can't even imagine how mad my brother was. When he got back I was waiting for him I wanted to watch the dash cam video and was even madder after watching it. The things these so called officer's pulled was more like a robbery then anything I called an old fried I have in the G.B.I. Georgia Bureau of Investigation. I told him what happened and sent him a copy of the dash video. Now before we even contacted the D.A office about the money on Monday they called my brother and said if they could keep 15 thousand they would return the rest that day my brother called and told me there offer. I'm just going to leave out a lot here but it took almost 2 months for my brother to get his money back with no apologies and they would not admit they did anything wrong. My brother did file a lawsuit against the county that this happened and they even made him a settlement offer it was low and his lawyer told him that he should hold of taken it. My brother does not want there money he wants them to admit they were wrong and a public apology which his lawyer told him he'll never get. Sorry on how long this was there is more to the story but I'm using a phone to right this and I can't use them like my kids do I make to many mistakes and don't go back to correct my mistakes.
What county was this so I can avoid it
"So we smoked a little weed, so what." 😂😂😂
who's said that America is fighting drugs is an absolute liar
SOUABNA FARID government makes so much money off drugs
Pretty much like how they are fighting terrorists around the world ! Same principle
NJ had a drug dealer in the 90's, basically call the police to protect her business of coke. LOL. So, they had an entire gang, if they looked. They could not see past the crying woman. And the fact, that the woman had NOTHING. Nothing to take. Their racketeering exposed itself again in a few days in another police report, but they would not pursue them because there was nothing to take. So, every time they were caught, they walked away unscathed.
America your police & government are out of control.
It's world wide
I think you meant to say most country's lol. Vice had other videos about corruption in the government and police from other countries besides America.
@@NIGHTMARERICA all
Judges, lawyers, politician., policemen all have corruption going on inside their organizations!!!!!
Completely true not like South American, Asians and some European police forces are legally allowed to beat people for leaving their houses.
Barry Cooper looks like if the Tiger King was an antagonist in GTA Vice City Stories
Now I understand the movie Training Day 💡😅💡
Pretty soon folks are gonna "just say NO" and people will be hurt..
Zac Crow no such thing as good cops if they’re was they’d fight against the bad ones not help them cover it up
@Zac Crow the only good cops are firefighters
that time is now
Good. We should summerly execute a few of these degenerate lawyers and judges and send the rest of them to the forced labour camp and siege their asserts
Nice Freedom you got there...
Dont do something stupid and your freedom wont be messed with. What country are you from so i can evaluate your freedom.
Nice racism there Munchausenification
+Boraka Osama Voluntary trade and possession of your own property may be considered "stupid" to you, but it's not something that justifies the mass theft and kidnapping that state mercenaries carry out on a daily basis. Don't try to downplay how wrong that is by pretending shiny badges grant special rights.
Every country has their flaws but nothing can be perfect. Look at China, Vietnam, Singapore for example. If you get caught with certain types of drugs there, you could be executed. Id rather have my shit taken than be sentenced to death just because of drugs. America is not perfect but its sure as hell better than a lot of different countries and their government if you stay out of trouble.
+Boraka Osama Don't get me wrong, America is one of my favorite countries in the world, but I'm still opposed to every immoral thing the government does. Whatever is wrong for an individual to do is immoral for a government to do, no exceptions.
“I’m surprised that the government can get away with this” 🤦🏻♀️
The terms "I think this is drug money" as well as "I have concluded that this is drug money" shouldn't be enough to seize property.
...and the moral of the story is, "Just because they're in a Police uniform, doesn't mean they're not a crook".
You got it backwards, because they are in uniform they probably are crooks.
the root of the problem is....the country was formed by men that believed in God... so the contitution mirrored practices that are rite, just, fair ! freedom of religion doesnt mean some blue pegan god with 9 arms, or sum half goat dude! freedom and the rite to religion means , the one, and only religion.... born in a manger , died on a cross , arose 3 days later.... now you see just how wrong, and evil, that coper was when he said "pennies from...." if the cops were christians, they would not steal..,i guess some wouldnt have there pastry job! that be tuff one for the old man with the green.... ide be thinking like, " come get it" or burn the bitch down... these yanks are to much.... after ww2 , hangen all the natzzies but " hey wait! you , and you, you can make rockets?" "all these jew likken natzies get a full pardon cause, we do whatever we want! " " for what shall a man profit if he gains the whole world, but loses his soul?"
the moral of the story is they are a private paramilitary security force ,not law enforcement.
justice
It's sad that people with nice things are scared to even drive through some states in fear of cops stopping them and taking their stuff.... THIS IS EXTORTION....
It's more than extortion, it's straight up robbery at gun point (or threat of)
Swamp Life - uh...maybe you should look up the definition of extortion
That's why you do everything you can to make sure there is nothing for them to take. As an individual, there's little you can do to prevent legal theft and robbery by government officials, but you can limit what they can take. Never carry more cash than you're willing to lose and never drive a vehicle you would be upset at losing. Also helps to not spend any money if you can help it in the areas where cops are thugs.
Texas is one of the most advanced states in the union
If the vehicle is in your possession its your responsibility
Last year I drove my best friend to Golden Valley, Az so he could get his share of his late fathers estate. He received a check for just 75,000. We went to a bank branch and he deposited it in his account but wanted to take 5.000 in cash. He took my advice not to because he could make a withdrawal when we returned to LA. Thank goodness he did that because we got pulled over by the Police just before the state line. The officer said he stopped us because I appeared to be driving "Too cautiously" He asked if we were carrying and contraband or large sums of cash, I answered no. He asked how much cash were we carrying to which I told him it was none of his business because carrying money is not against the law. He then said they had got a report that we in possession of several thousand dollars. Long story already but we were asked if they could search my car, No. They detained us while they brought a dog to sniff search both of us and the car. Now we are both in our late 60's and I have never even had a traffic ticket so this was pretty stressful. They said the dog took a hit and used that to literally tear the interior apart finding nothing then searched us finding only about 300 between the 2 of us. Bottom line if Mike had not taken my advice he would have no doubt been out 5,000 dollars.
Threatens to shoot the guy's dog if he doesn't open the door
Yup, that's definitely in Arizona.
“Once we take their money they can’t buy drugs no more” lmao
Yeah I thought the same. Furthermore they also can't buy anything else
@@josesanta414 food for the kids, rent, possibly helping out old relatives. I get their reasoning but I feel like sometimes it can do more harm than good.
do not do drug, np to you
What about the trading or bartering system, like on Prison Yards ?? Stupid if you believe that Law Enforcement Agent's Lie. People steal, shoplift goods, or pawn their own belongings to get these drugs/medications. I've been there and done that in life. People don't always need money, they can work and earn it as well, and not sexually either. I'm talking about everything from cleaning the dope man's house, to washing/detailing their vehicle, going to do a collection, doing yard service, working on their house with a skilled trade, like plumbing, electrical, roofing, air conditioning, etc. Wake up America, there is no sales receipt involved in this black marketed world. America lies to the people and they believe whatever the Politicians or Law tells them. There is no Quality Testing or Assurance, so people are Poisoned and called an Over Dose O.D. What if that was your child or loved one Addicted to Drugs ?? A.D.H.D. people going to the illegal world to get a Stimulant ? Or a mentally disabled or ILL person also going to get drugs from the streets because our Mental Health Treatment World is so Dysfunctional. Wake up America, someone's loved one is dying out there because our Government has a issue with CONTROL. That's why the federal laws are called CONTROL ACTS. STOP KILLING OFF OUR MENTALLY ILL ALREADY !! BI POLARS, DEPRESSIVE DISORDERS, ANXIETIES, SCHIZOPHRENICS ,ETC. IT'S EASIER TO LOOK AT THEM AS UNEQUAL AMERICANS (VIOLATING THEIR 14th AMENDMENT RIGHT TO EQUALITY) by calling them JUNKIES, DOPE PHEENS, ADDICTS, CRACK HEADS, METH HEADS, TWEAKERS, ETC...
Just ask for another front and flip
Let’s steal everyone’s money and charge people with misdemeanors for smoking a little bit of weed
Crazy...
DEMOCRACY
b i g b r a i n
@@xiledwp9522 no Democrat
Be nice if you guys could update on whatever happened to the forfeiture of the older couple that grew some plants
The best gang members ever
I had 1000 taken away from me and I never once sold drugs but after a year got a letter in the mail to pick the money up they thought I was going to forget but at the end I did go get it and boy were they mad
HAHAHA
Sometimes they want you to show you have a job, or proof of where the money came from....you where lucky bro!!!!!
I bought my son a motorcycle to drive however I kept it in my name because I wasn't sure if he was going to be responsible. You know one of those crotch rockets for 10,000. Well the neighbor decided to snatch it one day and I caught him selling it to a guy he met on Facebook loading it in the back of a flatbed. I called the police twice 20 minutes apart I blocked the guy in with my car with my fifteen-year-old daughter in the car. So he couldn't get away with the motorcycle. Loan behold the guy who was about to be busted for selling it my neighbor he threw himself on the hood of my car called an ambulance and the police officer arrested me. Talk about an opportunist. And they reported the motorcycles stolen two weeks later. The police department never bothered to research my tag on the bike. I was out the $10,000 as a single mom
@@donnataliercio7080 how can something like this even happen in a first world country?
The legal system in the United States is just insane and it’s definitely for profit, which a legal system of course should never be!
When I read something like this I’m really glad that I live in Germany..
I’m very sorry that something like this happened to you.
Your scumbag neighbor should get what he deserves - which are at minimum five years in prison!
@@fresh87best94That's the BS story they give to people to make it seem just the cops took your property... you do not need to provide any proof where your money comes from, it's up to the cops and DA to prove your income comes from unlawful activities or not.
Mechanic was driving with a suspended license so police takes the car lol wtf
A.C.A.B.
@@oo3813 bitch fuck a liscense
@Luis Bolanos We dont need the Constiturion to tell us we have rights!!! We don't need anybodies permission to travel in an automobile from here to there.
In Canada there was a rich couple in Toronto. They owned multiple properties valued well in the hundreds of millions total. They owned one 40 unit apartment that was worth 30 million dollars. it was a low income property and they kept it that way to help poor people an opportunity to be able to afford the high rent in Toronto. They had a property manager that managed the building, many residents had there rent paid threw the Provincial welfare department with a direct deposit. The other rent was either directly put into the bank or the property manager collected it. The owners never went to that apartment building nor did they ever physically collect the rent. A few times police were called because of drug dealings going on and over the years a few search warrants were issued for specific apartments because of small time drug deals happening. In 2012 the police seized the building claiming the owners were benefiting from drug money and seized their 30 million dollar apartment threw the Ontario proceeds of crime act and civil forfeiture. The police claimed since there was numerous drug activity at this apartment is constituted a seizure of proceeds of crime. The couple had to pay millions of dollars to fight for the apartment. They eventually won their case but it was a long five year battle.
Thanks vice
Guy: "Yeah that's my money"
Cop: "It is? Well I'm taking it"
At least he is an honest cop! LOL!!!!
Cynthia Pope yep & that 🐷 is dead 💀
Cynthia Pope thats what I thought about it
How about a legal process instead of just taking it? Crooks!
I do recall the constitution mentioning something about due process
That's a triple treat
Just remember this is 4 years ago a nothing has changed 😢.
And that's why everybody should fight back
your comment has the least likes which is why we will never get out from under our oppressive tyrants no ones willing to take the hit for it so we will always be slaves and peons and they know it but your exactly right and i am one of your likes or thumb thingy up
@@TheEdiphone The boogaloo is coming
Exactly
@@TheEdiphone everyone is lazy pussies now a days. So they will be made into slaves by the gubberment.
@@TheEdiphone I'm with you. I just can't understand what everyone's waiting for??
How can this be in America when the innocent suffer at the hands of our police force, is this now how the police operate.
Are you serious? You're just realizing the pigs a corrupt now. OMG!
Did u just wake up this morning after a complete coma ?
@@obscured9414 🤣🤣🤣
Welcome to the police state!
Yes! They are the worst criminals in this country!
It’s called an “equitable sharing program.”
"not following the new law" means they are breaking the law. PUT THESE CROOKS IN PRISON!
That old narc looks like he went on to selling drugs instead.
Doggepp lol i was thinking the same thing
Doggepp They do sell drugs secretly. It's happened time and time again.
he looks like a pimp
Using*
+Doggepp If you are referring to the ex cop (Barry Cooper) then you are correct. He runs a treatment center in Mexico that deals with ayahuasca and ibogain. His you tube channel is *nevergetbusted*.
Now, I find these mini documentaries quite interesting, and the more of these I watch the more a I start to believe that the US of America is rotting from the inside out. And the more it rots, the quicker it rots.
If we rise up as one we can reclaim our freedom of OPPRESSION
that's precisely the aim of this channel. Look at the wider screen
I'll go down in a blaze of glory before I end up like that. If you want it you're not getting it all in one piece.
How any town Sheriff would not feel for that man in Albequerque and let the case go is beyond me
You elected them
When you get robbed you call the police. But who do you call when the police are the ones robbing you?
Grill time bacon on the menu
Batman
David Pierdomenico crimthinc.com
Ghostbusters?
This own the very question that has no answer.
"the CRIMINALS will thank you" for getting rid of CIVIL forfeiture? You're mad you can't take people's stuff until after you do your job and prove their guilt in court?
That’s the prosecutor’s job dumbshit not the cops 🤦
@@abilenealbuquerque1579 and that’s why it shouldn’t be the police making the decision to seize property, until they are ordered to by the courts.
And stop with the name calling, it puts you at a lower level if you’re trying to make a point.
That's crazy because it had nothing to do with the criminal forfeiture side of the argument and everything to do with how the civil forfeiture system works. 3:40 if you forgot :D
@@abilenealbuquerque1579 right the cops are just fascist footsoliders doing as they are ordered. Like nazis, morality and law are irrelevant. They just what they are told no matter how evil, or amoral it is.
This is sick!
Please how did they account for those stuffs when seized them.
This is a crime on the poor and middle class. This is the equivalent of repossession of homes and throwing ppl on the street.
Not really, homes get repossessed due to non-payment. They steal assets just to do it.
6:25 ”WE DONT TAKE CASH OVER SMALL AMOUNT OF WEED” but when I was homeless with 2 vape pens they took every dollar I had and my car???
@Roberto Mundo so you think people doing drugs makes it okay to steal money from them?
Yup
If you were homeless I just want you to go back and see how much money you wasted on vaping and cigarettes
@@smokey-smore that isn’t relevant, how does that make it ok for the police to steal that money? How stupid
This is sickening
They make it nearly impossible to get back also. Its insane
It's simple stealing from innocent people...
I remember reading a story about a kid who had around $10,000 given to him by his mother for college and cops took it away because they found weed residue in his pockets.
Smoke weed whats wrong with that? Cops just wanted to make sure the kid didnt go to college so he could end up as uneducated as them
This makes me so sad goddamn
Flashyfinancier technically that's a untrue statement. Police have degrees lol
yup. gotta have a BA in some places.
The cop could of just told kid to call mother and to prove she gave him 10,000 dollars and ask kid proof of college like student card and run license plate make sure car is not stolen
5:22 That's brutally honest
Jesus this is such an eye opening injustice. How just how can we do this to our people???
Do you know what's alarming? The phrase "Due Process" missing from most of the video.
THANK YOU VICE NEWS, for finally bringing this story and matter to the forefront ! Because not to long ago it all happened to me as well...
I once built a gallery full of $$$ of art I found but one day I go to work and the door was locked.
"AtF confiscated all propery and that the boss/owner of lounge I hung my art in , was apparently a fugitive. I still dont know what to do and this was like 8yrs ago
Next time I travel in the US, I'm using both my credit card and old-fashioned traveler's cheques. I probably don't carry more than $200 on me between ATM pit stops.
"so its a back door tax on poor people" - democracy in a nutshell
No, its not democracy. Its Tyranny. True democracy is not like this.
Charlie Wingate Conservatives are fighting these policies in many many states actually.
@@AZAZEL_TK it's plain and simple corruption in law enforcement. Politics have nothing to do with it.
@@Erik-ms9wt Sure its the USA, no corruption in the shit hole of the world!
If Clinton and Comey can break laws, get rich, and face no justice, what motivation does any LEO have to act contrary to human nature?
Yeah that former narc doesn’t look like he squirreled a few million away... I’m sure he feels awful - lol what a crock
Right. Top cop retires early and changes everything about himself. He definitely had a nice nest egg stashed away comprised of people's seized money.
He looks like he had a massive blow seizure session for about 10 years 😂
Interesting 🤔 I love this type of videos investigations on drugs nice
5:26 "...based on something we'd like to have...."
Department: we're low on meth and cocaine lol we're gonna need some of that
“Pennies from heaven”
Isn’t that adorable??
"toy/s"
mixingrecords what would officer401 say??
Ever since I was a child, I've always dreamed of being a police officer. At 20, I enlisted as an active duty U.S. Marine and served for five years. After my honorable discharge, I went straight into college and graduated with honors. With all that behind my belt, I decided it was time for me to go after my dream, and I did. Tried out for Cincinnati PD, aced every test and obstacle thrown my way, and was well on my way to reaching my lifelong goal.
Unfortunately, due to city politics and matters well out of my control, the recruit class I belonged to was scrapped. City was broke and needed to divert money to other areas. I was upset at first - actually, I was pissed - but in hindsight I'm grateful for that door closing. This came at a time when police brutality and abuse of power were gaining steam throughout the country, and, like many others, I was disgusted by what I saw on the news almost daily. In addition, I started thinking about the training we'd received and how unremarkable it was. For example, due to my military background I have extensive experience in deescalation training, an absolutely critical set of skills that, quite literally, can be the difference between life and death. It's hard to believe, but many, many police departments all across the country either don't provide this training, or it's done as an afterthought. I could go into much greater detail on my other observations, but I'll spare you a novel.
These reasons, along with widespread corruption infecting some of the biggest departments in the country, made me realize that, despite my accolades and desire to serve, I could not be a cop. I couldn't wear the uniform every day without feeling like an enabler of sorts, working within the confines of a morally bankrupt institution and turning a blind eye to brutality and corruption. I'm at a point in my life now where I can honestly say I'm happy; however, that desire still remains deep within me, and it's hard to get out.
*BE the change you seek..We believe in you!* ❤
wHat are you doing for work 2day?
Well said
Go get in there and grab them by the balls and make a whole turnaround of the system.
Super true my veteran buddy was saying same thing
Love the euphemism, "civil asset forfeiture".
“The US Department of Justice” is another funny one
11:22 He sounds like a cartoon character.
I don’t know how they can sleep with themselves, or look themselves in the mirror.
They're brainwashed initiates of the cult of ultimate evil - order followers. The crimes they commit are righteous in their eyes
It's easy... they are all HIDING BEHIND THEIR SYSTEM. That's how.
Ian H I bet they love looking in the mirror at their own reflections (too much power creates God complexes)
They sleep well as long as the public perception keep being they are heroes.
They get a huge payday every two weeks
As a former Sheriff's Deputy let me say this, "to Hell with these unconstitutional laws!" The drug war is evil.
James Halleluyah This is probably why the police departments can't keep cops.
@@drakefire1800 huh?
James Halleluyah: dang James why aren't you speaking out more??? Doing activist type stuff? Unless you are???
Rolo Tomasi lol wtf? Police aren’t here to be an activist. Or else he wouldn’t be a police lmfao
James Halleluyah oh shut up. How is this unconstitutional? I’d bet there a reason you’re a “former” sheriff’s deputy.
I know it’s old but I really hope the couples kept everything! If anyone knows reply to this comment! Thank you
This is just awful. How can they take your property, put you in jail, take your vehicles and a huge fine for a couple of weed plants and shame on that neighbor for calling the police on them. Wow, their stealing money to buy toys for their department. Pennies from hell not heaven and they’ll put an elderly man out in the streets and sleep well at night. Their just thieves with a badge. Their actually worse because their the cops. Their supposed to protect you.
DEALING DRUGS, WHY NOT GO AFTER THE BIGGEST OF THEAM, C.I.A
Dangerous words.
Why do you think no one goes after the cia.
They are not the biggest ones.
The C.I.A is the governments All-Star team. Why would they do that if they are bringing in income for Johnny Law?! This is not new, they are all on the same team F.B.I, I.R.S, D.E.A a.k.a Alphabet Boys.
@@omieboriboun9862 If you think the CIA is an all-star team then you have never worked with them. All of them are leagues below who is actually good. But who is good is on the good side and not against citizens.
@@Tycoon_503 please take off the tin.
The system is such a joke & a damn scam in America…
Crazy the way that officer describes the use of Rico funds and you already 90% or more of them look at it the same way
What movie is this again?
Police took 2 grand from my car once when they pulled me over and found weed. I wasn't dealer. It was my saved tips and I was bringing the money to the bank. I hate every single cop good or bad. Any good cop should not allow their department to do civil forfeiture.
damn
Shit man, with that kind of dough (especially legitimately earned dough!!) in your car, don't have any weed in it!
Walk, take the bus or use a cheap bicycle to pick up weed :)
In my state it’s over 3 grams to be considered non personal use. However, all you have to do in court if there’s more is say that you hate buying, so you buy in bulk because you hate interactions with your dealer.
They stole 500$ of me new years eve
Devil's Offspring 20/20 hindsight guy. Can you predict the future though 🔮? That's the question.
Imagine how many police officers or lining their pockets with this cash before they turn some of it in.
john folsom I’d imagine it happens, but not for long. If multiple people complain that money is missing, they would definitely investigate that cop, he’d look shady as hell
JoeRingo118 “nothing happens” because 99% of the time, it’s legitimate. They rarely show the hundreds of thousands of legitimate seizures of money.
JoeRingo118 thank you for clearly showing your ignorance and lack of knowledge on how the process works. The police don’t just “take the money and that’s it, with no paper trail.” When the money is taken by police, an evidence form is filled out and the person who the money was taken from is given a copy, showing exactly how much and what was taken. From there, the cop has to write a seizure warrant explaining why he believes the money was obtained from illegal means or going to be used for illegal means, and present that warrant to a judge who isn’t review it and decide whether or not to sign the seizure warrant. If signed, it is turned over to the DAs office for review until the officers provide additional paperwork to show how the money is illegal, and from there, it can be challenged by the person’s attorney in court. CLEARLY there is plenty of documentation. But you’re a moron and you wouldn’t know that so...
@@InDatParish yeah right. I bet they count on the guy just walking away from it. Like the one pig said early on in the video. If they fight for the money they will charge them with laundering.
aaaaaa that makes zero sense. Why do you just make shit up? Money laundering is a criminal charge, like all criminal charges, it requires probable cause. Simply having cash is no probable cause. Besides the fact that seizure of cash is a CIVIL case, and money laundering is a CRIMINAL case. Entirely different. Nice try though, for an idiot.
As govt gets bigger and the citizenry gets more divided, caring less about community, next door neighbors etc, somewhere along the lines police figured out they can pretty much do whatever the F they want.
With a very strong backup system of the courts, prosecutors, judges etc, the other side finding attorneys fees VERY difficult to pay.