Georgia Law Enforcement Often Refuses to Report Forfeiture Funds, a Violation of GA Law

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Civil forfeiture threatens the property rights of all Americans.

These laws allow the police to seize your home, car, cash or other property upon the mere suspicion that it has been used or involved in criminal activity.

Georgia has some of the worst civil forfeiture laws in the country. But, in an attempt to at least ensure civil forfeiture is subject to public scrutiny, state law requires local law enforcement agencies to annually itemize and report all property obtained through forfeiture, and what they did with it, to their local governing authorities.

Amazingly, many, perhaps most, local law enforcement agencies simply fail to issue these forfeiture reports. For these agencies, their forfeiture proceeds are "off budget" slush funds shielded from public view. The Atlanta Police Department, Fulton County Police Department, and Fulton County Sheriff all regularly fail to produce mandated forfeiture reports.

This concerns Georgia citizens, including Ryan Van Meter, Anna Cuthrell, Joseph Kidd, Josiah Neff and Tsvetelin Tsonevski, all taxpaying residents of Atlanta and Fulton County. They have filed a lawsuit to force the head officers of these three local law enforcement agencies to disclose all of the property they have seized under applicable Georgian forfeiture statues along with how they have utilized that property, preventing that property from becoming a slush fund. The issue of the case is not complicated: Law enforcement should follow the law.

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[gsuitter]

@gsuitter The goal should not be to enforce reporting but to abolish all forfeiture laws.

[freesk8]

This is TOTALLY AWESOME!!!

Great job, IJ!

[JeffreyOsb]

That was actually really well done.  You deserve far more views than you have so far.

[nosmirc73]

@KYKIN44 You are an absolute idiot. Please do not infect the world with more of your spawn. 

[scrop116]

This is awesome but only if something would be done about this because it is a big problem and these officials lie & cheat you and it's almost impossible to get your money back from them, its time for the crooked cops to stop thinking there any better than we are...

[WorBlux]

@yakyakyak69

Just use bit-coin or barter currency. Problem solved.

Just be free, stop looking for permission to be free, because nobody who claims you need their permission will give it to you.

[EthalaRide]

These are fantastic super heros! I presume, when Truth & Justice unite they will give birth to the American Way.

This was an illuminating graphic expose about the corruption and greed within our police agencies and the complicit behavior of legislators. I look forward to the next installment.

[KYKIN44]

The police is the US biggest crime organization they now control most of the drug dealerships my step granddaughter is a drug user she sells drugs to support her habit I asked her where did she get her drugs to sale she did not tell me who but she said she bought them from a local city policeman he is the distributor the police puts other drug distributors in jail all only if they are the competition police now controls most prostitution drug dealerships and gun transfers in America police

[yakyakyak69]

Liberty is IMPOSSIBLE while a Central Bank Monopoly with Fiat Debt-Currency & Fractional Reserve Banking promotes Corruption.

The Fed corrupts crony politicians with power to borrow, debase & spend to buy “support” from Special Interest Groups, Unions, “Too Big to Fail” Corporations, the Military-Industrial Complex & Wall Street Cartels.

Central Banking = the Despotism of Central Economic Planning, Political Bribery & Cronyism!

Watch: “Money as Debt" here on YouTube.

END THE FED!

[rachelabombdotcom]

Thank You so much for doing this video and the great reporting. I love the video style too keep up the great work!

[amberthestylist]

Sheesh, it sounds like the plot to FASTLANE. Anyone else remember "the candy shop" on that show?

[xTRAPJAWx]

Were the cartoons really necessary? I like the message though