“Equitable Sharing” and Asset Forfeiture: How States and Feds Collaborate to Steal Your Property [VIDEO]

The Department of Justice and Department of the Treasury are interfering in a debate over legislation currently in several states (see HERE, HERE, HERE, HERE, HERE, HERE, HERE, HERE, HERE, and HERE) that would close a loophole in the civil asset forfeiture laws. The loophole allows law enforcement to circumvent protections in the state’s forfeiture laws by pursuing forfeitures in federal courts, which creates a serious problem for innocent property owners.