Today, Attorney General Eric Holder took a major step towards dismantling the drug war. As reported by the Washington Post, Holder is making major changes to the federal asset seizure program, barring federal sanction of local seizures of a suspect's property unless it poses an immediate risk to public safety. Police can still seize guns and explosives, but the widespread seizure of cash and vehicles is no longer licensed by federal law, cutting off a legal avenue that has flooded billion of dollars into state and local police departments since 2008. Some local seizures will still be allowed under state and local laws, but the federal Equitable Sharing program, by far the most generous and simplest forfeiture path, will now be officially...
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