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2022-10-16 20:54:42 UTC - HELPFUL
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This statistic only got widespread coverage in 2015, the first year that civil asset forfeiture pulled ahead of burglary, but it's still true, sometimes by a great deal, in many years and very close in others. https://boingboing.net/2020/12/21/us-police-have-stolen-68-billion-in-the-past-20-years-from-american-citizens-without-due-process.html https://thewhyaxis.substack.com/p/cops-still-take-more-stuff-from-people https://ij.org/press-release/new-report-finds-civil-forfeiture-rakes-in-billions-each-year-does-not-fight-crime-2/
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