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>3. Police departments have a direct profit motive to seize assets without due process as they get to keep most or all of the proceeds.

The federal government incentivizes it as well with a profit sharing program. According to the video, its over 68.8 billion seized and the average amount is $1300. It'll cost you $5000 in legal fees to get it back, so most people won't bother. Just raise taxes already and quit with the literal highway robbery.

https://ij.org/report/policing-for-profit-3/

Think of the children! Just Say No!

https://www.history.com/topics/1980s/just-say-no




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