Police use new device to seize money in bank accounts or on prepaid cards
As an Englishman, I have a couple of questions for you Americans on here.<p>1) Does anyone know who came up with these "civil asset forfeitures"? (Personally, they seem most un-civil to me.)<p>2) Can any of you defend America as "the land of the free" when more of the population are in prison than in almost any other country in the word and the police not only have the power to strip you of your property and assets without even needing a solid reason, but can shoot you dead and barely get a slap on the wrist?<p>Not having a go at America or Americans, but it seems to me that those who truly believe it to be a land of the free are deluding themselves.<p>[edit: damn keyboard]