In a New Survey, Victims of Philadelphia's Forfeiture Racket Highlight the Hazards of Giving Cops a License To Steal
20 October 2021
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20 October 2021
After "they came in," Robert recalled, "they made me go down to the basement," "put a gun to the back of my head," and "said 'open the safe.'" When Robert did not do so immediately, one of the men "poked me with the gun and said, 'open the safe,' then hit my head against the frame of the door," Robert reported. "I really thought they were going to shoot me." That sounds like a robbery, because it was: Once the safe was open, the armed intruders, who were Philadelphia cops, took Robert's legally registered gun. But that theft was perfectly ...
In a New Survey, Victims of Philadelphia's Forfeiture Racket Highlight the Hazards of Giving Cops a License To Steal
"What they're doing is like robbery," observed one property owner.
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