Massive loopholes in state laws are letting police walk away with millions in cash.
The result is a massive loophole in state laws. If participating agencies don’t like civil forfeiture reforms where they live, they can partner with the federal government and bypass them. Once the process ends, federal agencies take a cut for themselves and return the rest — up to 80 percent — to their state and local accomplices.
H.R. 1525, which Representatives Tim Walberg and Jamie Raskin reintroduced on March 9, would help end cases like this. “The lawless seizure and forfeiture of people’s private property by police officers is becoming standard operating procedure in many parts of the country,” Raskin said. “We want to restore the presumption of innocence, fair judicial process, and the opportunity to be heard.”
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