| Some assets seized by the U.S. Marshals. |
When Missouri drug task forces seize assets they believed were used in a crime, state law says they have to give it to the state school fund. However, cops don’t trust state lawmakers to use it for that purpose, so they bypass the rule and use a federal program to keep the money for themselves.
The remarks describe a process that has been well-known to property-rights activists for years (Daily RFTreported on it back in 2010), but they’ve nonetheless provided new fuel for those who aim to reform forfeiture laws, especially since the topic has received more attention in the national media lately. The Riverfront Times has more.
