Starvin Larry

WASHINGTON (Reuters) – State and local police in the United States will no longer be able to use federal laws to justify seizing property without evidence of a crime, U.S. Attorney General Eric Holder said on Friday.

The practice of local police taking property, including cash and cars, from people that they stop, and of handing it over to federal authorities, became common during the country’s war on drugs in the 1980s.

Holder cited “safeguarding civil liberties” as a reason for the change in policy.

The order directs federal agencies who have collected property during such seizures to withdraw their participation, except if the items collected could endanger the public, as in the case of firearms.

Holder said the ban was the first step in a comprehensive review the Justice Department has launched of the program.

http://news.yahoo.com/u-attorney-general-bans-asset-seizure-local-police-195542428.html

“Holder cited “safeguarding civil liberties” as a reason for the change in policy.”

Too bad Holder doesn’t get the whole civil liberties thing-only the parts he likes/agrees with.

He’s done his best to destroy the second amendment-which does count as a right-therefore as a “civil liberty”

I haven’t seen any effort at all by Holder’s DOJ to stop or overturn the blatantly unconstitutional gun laws enacted by his fellow Democrats in NY,Mass,MD,Conn,Washington state,Colorado,or seen any attempt to force the DC police chief,or the state of Illinois,especially the city of Chicago to issue CCW permits-(which are unconstitutional anyhow)-civil liberties to some only mean those that are not a threat to the state.

I haven’t seen any effort by the DOJ to curtail the NSA’s spying on citizens,or the use of stingray fake cell towers by agencies from township PD’s to the FBI.

Also haven’t noticed any effort whatsoever to curtail the activities of the ever growing police state.

I have noticed the BATFE issuing more BS rules/regs and it’s only Jan. I guess they’re trying to get ’em in before Holder’s gone.