Sessions will be able to do a lot to circumvent state efforts to reform asset forfeiture. The Fed's "adopting" rules- which enable them to "adopt" forfeitures even though no Federal law was broken and in which no Federal agents did anything during the investigation, enable state and local law enforcement agencies to evade state efforts to reform forfeitures. When a state limits the funds an agency can get from a forfeiture, they get a Federal agency to sign off on an "adoption" and collect 80% of the proceeds under the Federal rules.
They don't want more than one scalp at risk. Besides, is it really reasonable to expect cops to hold each other accountable or stop each other from abusing their authority?
'Cause freedom and Officer Safety.
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