Cop Block

This is a guest post that was submitted using our submit a post link Let’s see what happens to an 89 year old man’s gun collection as he simply says he’ll fight to keep his house as the 407 highway wants to take his property for their highway extension. Note he didn’t say he’d shoot [...]

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This excellent video shows how police use “civil asset forfeiture” laws to steal money from motorists.

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You can read the Institute for Justice study about civil asset forfeiture mentioned in the above video here.

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On Monday I received a letter in the mail from a gang that calls themselves the IRS claiming I owe them money from a contract in 2008 I signed under duress. Now I am under no obligation to pay this money because this contract was not signed voluntarily like most contractual obligations. But that doesn’t [...]

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From Cracked.com We are so lucky to be living in an era of law when it’s no longer common for, say, suspects to be interrogated with live cobras tied to the ends of nightsticks. Unfortunately, there are still many colorful ways the police can royally screw you while Lady Justice shrugs. For instance, you might [...]

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Here’s an excerpt from an interesting USA TODAY article discussing the dangers of high-speed police chases: Innocent bystanders account for one-third of those who are killed in high-speed police chases, a USA TODAY review has found. The deaths have several communities around the USA wrestling with whether to restrict pursuits only to suspects in violent [...]

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The Institute for Justice has recently released a report on civil asset forfeiture, a legal power that allows police to seize property without due process and often for personal benefit. The report, “Policing For Profit: The Abuse of Civil Asset Forfeiture,” condemns asset forfeiture laws as “one of the most serious assaults on private property [...]

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