Drug Forfeiture Laws Make Our Country a Police State. The Feds Supply the Drugs Then Provide the Armed Thugs to Bust People, Take Their Property and Imprison Them.

America has been asleep while new drug forfeiture laws were passed, making it legal for our property to be seized.

And while Americans have been sleeping, the American dream has turned into a nightmare.

Americans needs to wake up to what is happening in their own backyard. They have been snoozing while the country has turned into a police state.

The War on Drugs and the War on Terror have become wars on the American people and basic rights.

Drug forfeiture laws now spearhead the fascist approach the law enforcement agencies are using against the American people.

These laws have many faces. For a long time they have been around at federal and state levels in criminal and civil statutes.

But it has been only in this century that the government has used and abused these laws to terrorize innocent Americans and seize their assets.

Make no mistake; one doesn’t have to be found guilty of anything at all in order for the government to seize their real estate, vehicles, money, sports and electronic gear, and other personal belongings.

Suspicion is enough justification for seizure of property in under asset forfeiture law.

Big Money

Drug forfeiture laws are perfect for terrorizing ordinary citizens. You might find it hard to believe your neighbor is an arms dealer or a cyber criminal, but everyone is suspect of smoking weed or popping pills.

After all, America does have a drug culture. But drugs are different, and the reason everyone is so ready to suspect everyone else of using or dealing drugs is fear.

Everyone fears for their kids and fears what might happen if they come into contact with dealers or major drug runners.

The huge drug cartels are among the most frightening in the world.

So what are the chances you will squeal with indignation if a finger is pointed at your neighbor, the asset appropriation laws are invoked, and his or her property is confiscated.

The chances are practically nil, and you will probably, in your heart of hearts, think it’s a good thing.

So the government asset seizures continue and too few voices are being raised against this terrifying practice. Why would the government do this?

That’s a good question. Presumably they do it because they have realized that they can, and no one is stopping them.

Each year the government seizes over $3 billion in private assets.

The government that is supposed to be protecting our property is stealing it from the citizens. If that is not an American nightmare, then what is?

Drug Forfeiture Laws

Police arrested a 49 year old woman at an airport in Texas because the drug dogs had pawed her luggage.

They searched her suitcase and found no drugs or anything else suspect.

They searched her person and found nothing at all. But in her luggage they found over $39,000 in cash, which she was able to prove was her savings and a payout from an insurance claim.

The woman was not charged and was released. But here’s the thing – the cops seized her money and she has never been able to retrieve it from the government.

The cash was impounded by invoking these laws. That’s robbery, plain, and simple.

Punishing Citizens

Drug forfeiture laws are also being used to terrorize people who have crossed the authorities but have done nothing to allow punishment them through the courts.

A 62 year-old man who owned a 250-acre ranch abutting federal land refused to sell his land to the state.

A narcotics squad descended on his ranch and searched it for marijuana.

No marijuana was found and nothing else that was suspect. An investigation later showed the motive for the raid was to find something, anything, suspect, and seize the man’s property.

More Proof

A single mother from Grosse Pointe, Illinois had her home and all her assets seized because her teenage children had smoked marijuana in her house. This woman was not a drug dealer.

She was a nurse, and she was able to prove she had paid for her house, and everything she owned from the proceeds of nursing.

It made no difference: the government confiscated everything she had.

The above examples have certain chilling similarities. None of the victims were rich, nor were they very young and they were definitely not drug criminals, dealers, or even drug users.

They were all vulnerable, ordinary Americans who never in their wildest dreams thought the government would come and take their belongings.

They had been sleeping, but they have had a wake-up call. Only for them the call came too late.