~ 2 Investigators- Cops Stockpiled Luxury Equipment – YouTube
~ 2 Investigators- Whistleblower Willow Springs Cop Gets Reinstated – YouTube
~ A two-hour traffic stop – Stop and seize – The Washington Post – VIDEO
~ After DEA Takes Life Savings, 22-Year-Old Fights for Justice – The Daily Signal – YouTube
~ Asset Forfeiture, The Donald Scott Case. – YouTube
~ Civil Asset Forfeiture- An Overview & Conversation [POLICYbrief] – YouTube
~ Civil Forfeiture Last Week Tonight with John Oliver (HBO) – YouTube
~ Civil forfeiture laws raise questions on policing for profit – YouTube
~ DOJ suspends asset forfeiture profit-sharing with local police – YouTube
~ How Police Departments Use Civil Forfeiture to Collect Billions – YouTube
~ How Police Seized $68 Billion from Americans – YouTube
~ I-40 Search Raises New ‘Policing For Profit’ Questions – YouTube
~ John Stossel – Policing For Profit – YouTube
~ NewsChannel 5 Investigates- Policing for Profit (2014) – Part 1 – YouTube
~ NewsChannel 5 Investigates- Policing for Profit (2014) – Part 2 – YouTube
~ NewsChannel 5 Investigates- Policing for Profit (2014) – Part 3 – YouTube
~ NewsChannel 5 Investigates- Policing for Profit (2014) – Part 4 – YouTube
~ NewsChannel 5 Investigates- Policing for Profit (2014) – Part 5 – YouTube
~ NewsChannel 5 Investigates- Policing for Profit (2014) – Part 6 – YouTube
~ Parents’ DREAM Home SEIZED After Son’s PETTY DRUG BUST($40 Worth Of HEROIN) – YouTube
~ Police seize $11,000 from student with NO charge – TomoNews – YouTube
~ Police seize $500K during traffic stop, no charges filed — but they keep the cash – YouTube
~ Police seizing assets, keeping the cash – YouTube
~ Police STEAL $160,000 from man during Traffic Stop – YouTube
~ Policing for profit? – YouTube
~ Policing for Profit Visualized: How Big Is Civil Forfeiture? – YouTube
~ Policing for Profit- The Abuse of Civil Asset Forfeiture – Cato Institute – VIDEO
~ Profit or justice- DOJ to resume civil asset forfeiture – YouTube
~ Ron Paul equates civil asset forfeiture to theft – YouTube
~ Sometimes Cops Find Your Stolen Car, Sometimes Cops Stole It – BRAVE NEW FILMS (BNF) – YouTube
~ Tennessee Police Profiting Off Drug Trade – YouTube
~ User Clip- Biden Praising Civil Forfeiture Laws and Flat-Time Sentencing – C-SPAN.org – VIDEO
~ When government can seize your property – What is civil forfeiture? – YouTube
Podcasts
~ How Asset Forfeiture Drives the Police State – YouTube
~ Investigating CPD’s Use of Civil Asset Forfeiture – YouTube
Mainstream News Articles
- ~ 2 Investigators- Willow Springs Cops Stockpiled Luxury Equipment – CBS Chicago
- ~ 81% of people who had cash seized by DEA weren’t charged with a crime – Business Insider
- ~ A two-hour traffic stop – Stop and seize – The Washington Post
- ~ A Violent Confrontation Ends Man’s Colorful Life : Raid: Reclusive millionaire Don Scott was killed by a drug task force looking for marijuana plants at his ranch. The search came up empty; his lawyer says a wrongful death lawsuit will be filed. – LA Times
- ~ After Cops Seized and Kept Cash, Washington, D.C. Settles Almost Million-Dollar Forfeiture Class Action – Forbes
- ~ Aggressive police take hundreds of millions of dollars from motorists not charged with crimes – The Washington Post
- ~ An Overview of Civil Asset Forfeiture and Recent Cases – HuffPost
- ~ Asset seizures fuel police spending – The Washington Post
- ~ Chicago data show problems with civil asset forfeiture – Chicago Tribune
- ~ Chicago Police keep secret fund for seized assets – Chicago Business Journal
- ~ Civil asset forfeiture goes digital- Police tool swipes money from cards before conviction — RT USA News
- ~ Civil Asset Forfeiture Looks Like A Criminal Enterprise Investor’s – Business Daily
- ~ Civil Asset Forfeiture- Policing for Profit – oregonlive.com
- ~ Civil forfeiture scam lets police collect billions from innocent Americans — RT USA News
- ~ Civil libertarians have a beef with Joe Biden over asset forfeiture – Washington Examiner
- ~ College student had his life savings seized by the cops even though he was never charged with a crime – Business Insider
- ~ Contra Costa cops seized $1.1 million from people not charged with a crime in past four years, records show Marijuana made up $1.2 million, the largest single source of cash – The Mercury News
- ~ Cops Use Traffic Stops To Seize Millions From Drivers Never Charged With A Crime – Forbes
- ~ D.C. police plan for future seizure proceeds years in advance in city budget documents – The Washington Post
- ~ DEA Steals $16,000 In Cash From Young Black Man, Because He Must Be A Drug Dealer – HuffPost
- ~ Despite Holder’s Forfeiture Reform, Cops Still Have A License To Steal – Forbes
- ~ Douglas County, Neb., Reaps Millions in ‘Equitable Sharing’ Federal Asset-Forfeiture Program – WSJ
- ~ Government self-interest corrupted a crime-fighting tool into an evil – The Washington Post
- ~ Homeland Security Has Seized $200 Million From Travelers At O’Hare, Report Finds – NPR
- ~ How a Quiet Police Lobbying Campaign Killed Civil Asset Forfeiture Reform in Missouri – Pulitzer Center
- ~ Inside the Chicago Police Department’s secret budget Feature – Chicago Reader
- ~ Law enforcement took more stuff from people than burglars – Washington Post
- ~ Law to Clean Up ‘Nuisances’ Costs Innocent People Their Homes — ProPublica
- ~ Minnesota collected nearly $8.9 million in civil forfeitures last year – West Central Tribune
- ~ New Mexico only state with ‘A’ grade for civil asset forfeiture practices – Washington Examiner
- ~ New report: In tough times, police start seizing a lot more stuff from people – The Washington Post
- ~ Police abused civil forfeiture laws for so long that the Supreme Court stepped in. But one ruling won’t end it – NBC News
- ~ Police Can Seize And Sell Assets Even When The Owner Broke No Law – The Two-Way – NPR
- ~ Police Say Seizing Property Without Trial Helps Keep Crime Down. A New Study Shows They’re Wrong. — ProPublica
- ~ Police Stop You While You’re Carrying A Bunch Of Cash. What Happens To Your Money? – HuffPost
- ~ Policing For Profit – News Channel 5 – Nashville
- ~ Profiling for Profit- Cops Take $17K From Father, Son – Albuquerque Journal
- ~ Since 2007, the DEA has taken $3.2 billion in cash from people not charged with a crime – The Washington Post
- ~ SCOTUS civil asset forfeiture decision won’t end profit-driven policing – Chicago Reader
- ~ Supreme Court Limits Police Powers to Seize Private Property – The New York Times
- ~ Stop and Seize: Aggressive police take hundreds of millions of dollars from motorists not charged with crimes – The Washington Post
- ~ Stop-and-Seize Turns Police Into Self-Funding Gangs – Bloomberg
- ~ Stop and Seize- When the NYPD Takes Your Car – WNYC News – WNYC
- ~ Stop and Seize- When the NYPD Takes Your Cash – WNYC News – WNYC
- ~ Study- Civil asset forfeiture doesn’t discourage drug use or help police solve crimes – The Washington Post
- ~ TAINTED CASH OR EASY MONEY? – Orlando Sentinel
- ~ Take: The Rise of Civil Forfeiture – The New Yorker
- ~ Taken Under civil forfeiture, Americans who haven’t been charged with wrongdoing can be stripped of their cash, cars, and even homes. Is that all we’re losing? – The New Yorker
- ~ Tennessee forfeiture laws have strayed away from original civil design | Opinion Ensuring revenue gained from forfeiture cannot be used to directly fund the seizing agency will help eliminate perverse incentives for law enforcement. – Tennessean
- ~ The feds have resumed a controversial program that lets cops take stuff and keep it – The Washington Post
- ~ The Rise of Civil Forfeiture – The New Yorker
- ~ This Federal Program Lets Cops Seize Cash, Evade State Laws And Keep Over A Billion Dollars – Forbes
- ~ Through civil asset forfeiture police are stealing from citizens – USA Today
- ~ US police take more assets than thieves – News.Com.Au
- ~ Victims Of Civil Asset Forfeiture Criticize New Federal Rules – NPR
- ~ When government is the looter – The Washington Post
Independent News Articles
- ~ 10 Egregious Abuses Of Civil Asset Forfeiture – Listverse
- ~ The 14 Most Ridiculous Things Police Bought With Asset Forfeiture – BuzzFeed
- ~ A Comparison of Federal Civil and Criminal Forfeiture Procedures- Which Provides More Protections for Property Owners? – The Heritage Foundation
- ~ A History of Civil Asset Forfeiture in America: Pirates, Mob Bosses, And The War on Drugs- The Crazy History of Civil Asset Forfeiture – Foundation for Economic Education
- ~ American Cops Now Steal More Property than All US Burglars Combined – The Free Thought Project
- ~ Asset Forfeiture Abuse – American Civil Liberties Union
- ~ Asset forfeiture in Illinois- What it is, where it happens, and reforms the state needs – Illinois Policy
- ~ Asset Forfeiture- Killing Criminal Organizations With $16 Seizures – Techdirt
- ~ Authorities in Utah Seized Nearly $3 Million in Cash and Assets From Citizens Last Year – Reason.com
- ~ Chicago Police Department Hiding Millions of Dollars in Secret Forfeiture Fund – Institute for Justice
- ~ Chicago Police Dept Caught Hiding Millions in Stolen Cash in Secret Asset Forfeiture Fund – The Free Thought Project
- ~ Chicago Police Department Caught Hiding Millions in Secret Asset Forfeiture Fund – The Activist Post
- ~ Civil Asset Forfeiture- 7 Things You Should Know – The Heritage Foundation
- ~ Civil Asset Forfeiture – ACLU Pennsylvania
- ~ Civil Asset Forfeiture and the Constitution – Institute for Policy Innovation
- ~ Civil Asset Forfeiture – Drug Policy Alliance
- ~ Civil Asset Forfeiture- Explained – The Appeal
- ~ Civil Asset Forfeiture – FreedomWorks
- ~ Civil Asset Forfeiture- Policing for Profit – Awake to Freedom
- ~ Civil Asset Forfeiture – Pulitzer Center
- ~ Civil Asset Forfeiture – Serendipity.li
- ~ Civil Asset Forfeiture – The Marshall Project
- ~ Civil Asset Forfeiture- Unfair, Unjust, Un-American – Criminal Legal News
- ~ Civil asset forfeiture- Unfair, undemocratic, and un-American – Southern Poverty Law Center
- ~ Civil Asset Forfeiture- When Good Intentions Go Awry – The Heritage Foundation
- ~ Civil Asset Forfeiture: Where Due Process Goes to Die – National Review
- ~ Civil Forfeiture – Institute for Justice
- ~ Cops Now Take More Than Robbers – Reason.com
- ~ Documents Show Chicago PD Secretly Using Forfeiture Funds To Buy Surveillance Equipment – Techdirt
- ~ EXCLUSIVE Police Chief Tells All, Goes on Offensive After He Was a Victim of Civil Asset Forfeiture – The Free Thought Project
- ~ Federal Asset Seizure Total In Two Funds Tripled In 6 Years To $4.5 Billion – The Crime Report
- ~ Fighting Crime or Raising Revenue – Institute for Justice
- ~ Grading State & Federal Civil Forfeiture Laws – Institute for Justice
- ~ How a Young Joe Biden Became the Architect of the Government’s Asset Forfeiture Program – Foundation for Economic Education
- ~ How Asset Forfeiture Drives the Police State – Tenth Amendment Center Blog
- ~ How Crime Pays The Unconstitutionality of Modern Civil Asset Forfeiture as a Tool of Criminal Law Enforcement – Harvard Law
- ~ How Cops Became Robbers – Reason.com
- ~ How police can take your stuff, sell it, and pay for armored cars with the money – Vox
- ~ How Police Use Civil Asset Forfeiture – Pulitzer Center
- ~ How The NYPD’s Use Of Civil Forfeiture Robs Innocent New Yorkers – Gothamist
- ~ How the government can steal your stuff 6 questions about civil asset forfeiture answered – The Converation
- ~ How Police Use Civil Asset Forfeiture – Pulitzer Center
- ~ “It’s been complete hell”- how police used a traffic stop to take $91,800 from an innocent man – Vox
- ~ Joe Biden- Father of the Drug War’s Asset Forfeiture Program – Mises Wire
- ~ Minnesota is Making a Killing Off of Civil Asset Forfeiture – Advocates for Self-Government
- ~ Police Civil Asset Forfeitures Exceed All Burglaries in 2014 – Armstrong Economics
- ~ Police Seize $63,530 From Veteran Because He Kept It In Grocery Bags – Off The Grid News
- ~ Police Seize $107k From Couple Without Charging Them For A Crime – TapHaps.com
- ~ Police Took More Of Other People’s Stuff Than Burglars Did In 2014 – Investor’s Business Daily
- ~ Police Watchdog Demands Records on Chicago’s Secret Fund – Courthouse News
- ~ Policing for Profit- Evaluating the Constitutionality of Civil Asset Forfeiture – Pulitzer Center
- ~ Policing For Profit- How Civil Asset Forfeiture Funds Law Enforcement – Ammo.com
- ~ Policing For Profit- How Civil Asset Forfeiture Has Perverted American Law Enforcement – The Daily Bell
- ~ Policing for Profit – Institute for Justice
- ~ Policing for Profit- Law Enforcement Agencies Abuse Civil Asset Forfeiture – Prison Legal News
- ~ Policing for Profit- The Abuse of Civil Asset Forfeiture – Cato Institute
- ~ Policing For Profit: How Civil Asset Forfeiture Has Perverted American Law Enforcement – The Libertarian Institute
- ~ Policing for Profit- The Shocking Cost of Civil Asset Forfeiture – ACLU of Tennessee
- ~ Poor Neighborhoods Hit Hardest by Asset Forfeiture in Chicago, Data Shows – Reason.com
- ~ Seizing Suspects’ Assets Like “Pennies From Heaven” – Pulitzer Center
- ~ Seizing the American Dream- A Sad Tale of Civil Asset Forfeiture – The Last American Vagabond
- ~ Show Me The Money: Civil Asset Forfeiture in Tennessee – Tennessee Trial Lawyers Blog
- ~ Study Shows Asset Forfeiture Doesn’t Fight Crime Or Reduce Drug Use – Techdirt
- ~ Taken: Civil Asset Forfeiture Grants – Pulitzer Center
- ~ Taken – Pulitzer Center
- ~ The Criminality of Civil Asset Forfeiture – TheThickRedLine
- ~ These states let police take and keep your stuff even if you haven’t committed a crime – Vox
- ~ Trump’s Civil Forfeiture Position Violates the Constitution, Pleases Sheriffs Who Profit – National Review
- ~ When Cops Seize Property. Civil Asset Forfeiture- Unfair, Unconstitutional, and Just Plain Wrong – National Review
- ~ When Government Steals Your Property – Goldwater Institute
- ~ Why Asset Forfeiture Abuse Is on the Rise – Reason.com
- ~ Why Civil Asset Forfeiture is Legalized Theft – The Leadership Conference on Civil and Human Rights
- ~ Why police could seize a college student’s life savings without charging him for a crime – Vox
- ~ Yet Another Report Shows Asset Forfeiture Doesn’t Reduce Crime Or Cripple Criminal Organizations – Techdirt
Reports
~ Louisiana’s Not So Civil Asset Forfeiture Laws – Pelican Institute for Public Policy – PDF
~ Policing for Profit: The Abuse of Civil Asset Forfeiture – Institute for Justice – PDF
~ Stop and seize Investigative series – Washington Post – PDF
- ~ Private Property, Police Profit: Explaining and Reforming Civil Asset Forfeiture in New Jersey 2018 – ACLU – PDF
- ~ The Need to Reform Asset Forfeiture – United States Senate Committee on the Judiciary – PDF
Websites
~ Policing for Profit 3 – Institute for Justice
~ Civil Asset Forfeiture – State Grading Map – Clergy for a New Drug Policy
- ~ Civil Asset Forfeiture – Americans for Tax Reform
- ~ Civil Asset Forfeiture- Grading the States – FreedomWorks
- ~ Forfeiture – Drug Policy Facts
Facts and Stats
~ Civil Asset Forfeiture January 2019 Fact Sheet – Drug Policy Alliance – PDF
~ FACT SHEET: Why Civil Asset Forfeiture is Legalized Theft – The Leadership Conference – PDF