Asset Forfeiture – How To Steal Americans’ Hard Earned Cash With Zero Repercussions

by Tyler Durden
ZeroHedge.com
07/28/2014

While the epidemic of law enforcement theft is problematic throughout the country (see these egregious examples from Tennessee and Michigan), it appears Texas has a particularly keen love affair with the practice. Not only did last year’s story take place in Texas, today’s highlighted episode also takes place in the Lone Star State. This time in a town of 150 people called Estelline, which earns more than 89% of its gross revenues from traffic fines and forfeitures. In other words, from theft.

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