The Gothamist: How The NYPD’s Use Of Civil Forfeiture Robs Innocent New Yorkers

The Gothamist: How The NYPD’s Use Of Civil Forfeiture Robs Innocent New Yorkers by Max Rivlin-Nadler:

This summer The New Yorker published a sprawling investigation on how cities use the practice to bolster their cash-strapped coffers by seizing the assets of the poor, often on trumped up charges. The same is true in New York City, where the civil forfeiture process has long been used by the NYPD to seize money from those least likely to be able to get it back.