What “consent” really looks like for the DEA and TSA
By Edward Hasbrouck The Drug Enforcement Agency (DEA) and the Transportation Security Administration (TSA) have been working together for years to steal travelers’ money. The…
Civil Forfeiture
Asset Forfeiture is Theft: Another Supreme Court Fail
By Alan Mosley Many people believe the Supreme Court “ended asset forfeiture” with its 2019 opinion in Timbs v. Indiana. That’s not only false, but…
Asset Forfeiture is Theft
By Michael Boldin Nullification Movement News, Episode 3. This week’s stories include: -5 States vs State and Fed Forfeiture -The Fiat Currency Regime -Richard Henry…
Innocence Doesn’t Matter When the Government Wants to Steal Your Money
By Joe Seyton There’s a fault line permeating America’s criminal justice system—a built-in defect that the government can use to steal your property, even if…
“Largest Armed Robbery in History”: FBI Robs 1400 Safety Deposit Boxes of $86 Million, Said Cash Smelled Like Drugs
By Matt Agorist Los Angeles, CA — For decades now, the federal government and their cohorts in law enforcement have been carrying out the theft…
Cops Forced to Return Over $1 Million for Organizing Armored Car Heists, Robbing Innocent People
By Matt Agorist As we reported earlier this year, several federal law enforcement agencies and the San Bernardino County Sheriff’s department became the subject of…
What Happened When New Mexico Ended Civil Asset Forfeiture?
By Michael Maharrey In 2015, New Mexico scrapped its civil asset forfeiture laws and replaced them with a criminal process requiring a conviction before forfeiture…
Innocent Elderly Woman Pulled Over for No Reason as Cops Steal Her Life Savings, Prescription Medicine and Mock Her
By Matt Agorist Jefferson County, AL — In December 2021, Jeanetta Jones, 62, had harmed no one, committed no crime, and was simply driving home…
Boston Police Use Asset Forfeiture Funds to Secretly Purchase Stingray Spy Device
By Michael Maharrey Civil asset forfeiture is a pernicious policy in its own right. It is nothing more than legalized, institutionalized, government-sanctioned theft. Forfeiture laws…
Criminal: The Federal “Equitable Sharing” Asset Forfeiture Program
By Michael Boldin In 1984, a senator from Delaware who now lives in the White House helped create the federal civil asset forfeiture program known…
New Hampshire Committee Holds Hearing on a Bill to Limit Participation in Federal Asset Forfeiture Program
By Michael Maharrey CONCORD, N.H. (Jan. 24, 2022) – Last week, a New Hampshire House committee held a hearing on a bill that would take…
Cops Using Civil Forfeiture to Organize Armored Car Heists, Robbing Innocent People of Over $1 Million
By Matt Agorist Several federal law enforcement agencies and the San Bernardino County Sheriff’s department are now the subject of a federal lawsuit after they…
WATCH: Thieving Cops Steal Innocent Retired Marine’s Life Savings, $86K, Because It Smelled Like Drugs
By Matt Agorist Stephen Lara dedicated 20 years of his life to serving this country as a United States Marine. This father of two served…
Man Gets Back $30,000 the Government Stole from Him—11 Months after Drug Agents Seized It without Cause
By Patrick Carroll When Kermit Warren and his son Leo lost their hotel jobs in mid-2020 as a result of COVID-related layoffs, things were not…