I think we are past the point where the truth of these incidents really matter.
There is no trust in major cities between the community and the police.
I processed claims for these Strip search practices and they were quite intrusive.
but this goes back to the drug War and the constitutional protections that were stripped away with this legislation and continual assault on our rihts as individuals.
Policing for Profit is a bad policy and it targets those with the least to give.
https://www.oig.justice.gov/reports/2013/g5013010.pdf
This was not a nice audit and it showed the police department misreporting and reallocating
now this audit focused on vehicles but the shared funds is a three million dollar business.
In 2015 The DOJ advised it was no longer accepting adoptions. Back in the 80's not many states had forfeiture laws so the Local and state police could adopt out seized items and monies so it wouldn't go back out on the street. since then all 50 states have adopted forfeiture and seizure laws so this is no longer necessary.
What we have thought is Police departments across the unites states that not only can offset cost of seizures and forfeitures but also profit from them.
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<thead><tr class="tableizer-firstrow"><th>Value of Asset Forfeiture Recoveries by US Attorneys Year Asset Value Annual %Chg 1989 $285,000,039 -- 1990 451,870,952 +58.6% 1991 596,879,728 +32.1% 1992 325,786,450 -45.4% 1993 385,000,701 +18.2% 1994 418,224,247 +8.6% 1995 464,666,914 +11.1% 1996 377,527,900 -18.8% 1997 570,656,170 +51.2% 1998 280,808,572 -50.8% 1999 535,767,852 +90.8% 2000 312,676,413 -41.6% 2001(a) 199,043,103 -36.3% 2002 322,246,408 +61.9% 2003 342,862,000 +6.4% 2004 (b) 300,779,267 -12.3% 2005 313,866,115 +4.4% 2006 841,094,697 +168.0% 2007 1,323,094,697 +57.3% 2008 1,103,810,683 -16.6% 2009 1,129,381,466 +2.3% 2010 1,786,567,692 +58.2% TOTAL $12,667,612,066 +19.4% - See more at: http://www.drugwarfacts.org/cms/Forfeiture#sthash.tHHhKPa0.dpuf</th></tr>
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http://www.drugwarfacts.org/cms/Forfeiture#sthash.tHHhKPa0.dpbs
- (Police Profit-Seeking) "In general, however, the powerful incentives for profit-seeking found within forfeiture current laws is criticized as encouraging inappropriate enforcement activities and detracting from the proper role of law enforcement within a democratic state. The dependency of the police on public resources for their operations is an important check on police power. Self-generating revenues by the police through forfeiture potentially threatens the ability of popularly elected officials to constrain police activities. Perhaps such concerns partially explain the differences in state laws. If the legislators and the public wished for forfeiture to be very easy and rewarding to law enforcement, every state would have low standards of proof, limited innocent owner protections, and all proceeds would go exclusively to the police."
Source:
Holcomb, Jefferson E.; Kovandzic, Tomislav V.; and Williams, Marian R., "Civil asset forfeiture, equitable sharing, and policing for profit in the United States," Journal of Criminal Justice (Amsterdam, The Netherlands: Elsevier, March 23, 2011) Volume 39, Issue 2, p. 283.
http://walker-foundation.org/Files/walker/2011/AFjournalofcriminaljustic...
- (Police Profiteering) "In sum, the present study found that law enforcement agencies in jurisdictions with more restrictive or less rewarding state forfeiture laws receive greater forfeiture proceeds through federal equitable sharing. These results provide compelling evidence that law enforcement agencies consider the legal burdens and financial rewards of their own state law compared to those under federal equitable sharing in determining how to process asset seizures. Whether such actions are viewed as appropriate, innovative, and utility-maximizing police behavior or something more problematic is a matter for the public and policy-makers to assess. Any discussion about these results, however, certainly raises political and normative questions about the independence of law enforcement from public oversight and the budgetary process as well as the appropriate role and limits of asset forfeiture by law enforcement."
- See more at:
http://www.drugwarfacts.org/cms/Forfeiture#sthash.tHHhKPa0.dpuf
@gourimoko likes to refer to institutionalized racism. I often refer to it as classism. either way you get the same results.
Milwaukke generated 21 million from parking tickets.
46.5 percent of Milwaukee's revenue is state shared and is showing to be not sustainable. 20 % of their budget is based on local and property taxes.
so as they lose state shared income. Milwaukee has to find other ways to generate that revenue.
Milwaukee also has a 21% poverty rate
Milwaukee receive 19.9 percent of their income in licenses and municipal fines.
this was 4 years ago.
As local law enforcement becomes more empowered under state forfeiture laws and less oversight by the the DOJ( who really just wants to be done with the drug law,
The federal law in 2000 instituted a burden of proff. Many states since have enacted forfeiture laws without the burden
Wisconsin is one of them
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/05/20/asset-forfeiture-wisconsin-bail-confiscated_n_1522328.html
This lady lost 7 thousand dollars because the dog ( apparently having drug dogs at bail office is a thing) acted like there may have been drugs on the money.
once again this isn't going after the millionaire drug dealers living the high life. its being used to find excuses to confiscate anything they can and generate revenue.
