{"id":59681,"date":"2024-12-26T13:53:53","date_gmt":"2024-12-26T18:53:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/fourthamendment.com\/?p=59681"},"modified":"2024-12-26T13:53:53","modified_gmt":"2024-12-26T18:53:53","slug":"wapo-editorial-the-dea-shows-why-officers-cannot-police-themselves-when-seizing-assets","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/fourthamendment.com\/?p=59681","title":{"rendered":"WaPo editorial: The DEA shows why officers cannot police themselves when seizing assets"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>WaPo editorial: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/opinions\/2024\/12\/26\/dea-civil-asset-forfeiture-inspector-general-report\/\">The DEA shows why officers cannot police themselves when seizing assets<\/a> (\u201cA DOJ inspector general report underscores the need for reforming civil forfeiture practices. \u2026 &#8216;Civil asset forfeiture&#8217; sounds like a wonky term for some arcane practice in a secluded cranny of the justice system. In fact, it can be a powerful law enforcement tool in the battle against crimes such as drug trafficking \u2014 when used correctly. When abused, it can result in innocent people having their property seized, often without criminal charges.\u201d)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>WaPo editorial: The DEA shows why officers cannot police themselves when seizing assets (\u201cA DOJ inspector general report underscores the need for reforming civil forfeiture practices. \u2026 &#8216;Civil asset forfeiture&#8217; sounds like a wonky term for some arcane practice in &hellip; <a class=\"more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/fourthamendment.com\/?p=59681\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[72],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-59681","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-forfeiture"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/fourthamendment.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/59681","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/fourthamendment.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/fourthamendment.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/fourthamendment.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/fourthamendment.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=59681"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/fourthamendment.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/59681\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":59682,"href":"https:\/\/fourthamendment.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/59681\/revisions\/59682"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/fourthamendment.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=59681"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/fourthamendment.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=59681"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/fourthamendment.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=59681"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}