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Warren Stupidity

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5. civil forfeiture was originally for actual real life pirates

Reply to iscooterliberally (Original post)

Fri Dec 30, 2011, 05:48 PM

Dec 2011

then it got extended to 'drug kingpins' whatever the fuck that is, thanks to nancy reagan and just say no crack baby drug war mania, and then police departments everywhere figured out it was an unstoppable loot stream. What a mess. When will we wake up?

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Tewksbury Owner Fights Feds' Attempt To Seize Alleged Drug Motel [View all] iscooterliberally Dec 2011 OP

They could use the same laws to take over a lot of banks Angry Dragon Dec 2011 #1

I think the banks and Wall Street like things the way the are. iscooterliberally Dec 2011 #2

The article referred to federal laws Angry Dragon Dec 2011 #3

There was a part about the feds having to have a conviction to use the federal laws.. iscooterliberally Dec 2011 #4

civil forfeiture was originally for actual real life pirates Warren Stupidity Dec 2011 #5

what BULLSHIT! RainDog Dec 2011 #6