Report Shows Michigan Police Seized Over 23 Million In Property and Cash Last Year

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Report Shows Michigan Police Seized Over 23 Million In Property and Cash Last Year

October 20th, 2015

Awake Goy

Americans Have Few Protections in Civil Proceedings

Since forfeiture proceedings are civil, not criminal, property owners are afforded few due process protections. With no presumption of innocence or right to an attorney, innocent property owners fighting the seizure of their homes and life savings face a legal landscape skewed against them in nearly every way possible.

According to Michigan’s forfeiture report, in 2014, state law enforcement agencies seized and forfeited $23.9 million’s worth of cash and property. That sum includes more than $14 million’s worth of assets forfeited under state law, and an additional $8 million provided to Michigan law enforcement agencies via the federal equitable sharing program.