Fact: The above title was an actual court case last year.
Fact: There have been almost 62,000 cash seizures without search warrants or indictments since 2001, totaling $2.5 billion in revenues for federal, state, and local authorities.
Fact: In many cases, the owner is not even charged with a crime.
Fact: Half of all seizures were below $8,800.
Fact: Almost 300 departments and an additional 210 task forces have seized 20% or more of their annual budgets since 2008.
Source: Stop and Seize, the Washington Post
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