Loading ...Legal Plunder: Indiana Police Prey On Packages Transiting Huge FedEx Hub
tyranny takes many forms in the United States. However, few are as shocking to the sensibilities as civil asset forfeiture
Now I’m compelled to share a new example of this legalized theft — the most brazenly unjust and opportunistic one I’ve encountered yet: In an ongoing, multi-million-dollar racket in Indianapolis, police are routinely seizing cash they find in FedEx packages that happen to be routed through that company’s second-largest hub.
Supposedly damning attributes include:
- A box that’s taped on all its seams — something FedEx itself recommends
- A box that’s new
- A package that was dropped off at a FedEx shipping center
- A shipment paid by credit card, or “possibly by cash,” or by “unknown means” — a trio of criteria that seems to cover every possible means of payment.
- A package being sent to or from a so-called “source state” — a state that police consider a prominent conduit of illegal drugs. Depending on the law enforcement agency, that could encompass, among others, California, Oregon, Washington, Colorado, Arizona, New Mexico and Texas. That sample list alone accounts for 29% of the US population.
civil asset forfeiture is either unconstitutional, or it should be declared as such by the Supremes.
It IS unconstitutional, always has been. So is the Patriot Act (thank that fucker Bush) and most of what happens in government and law enforcement. But they do it anyway, no one calls them on it, no push back from anywhere. America, despite Trump’s victory, is indeed a banana republic – vote “counting” still going on as seats flipped and the dems, RINOs and uniparty hacks will block all Trump legislation. If he and his team are not up for brass knuckle engagement, it’s gonna be a very long four years. Chaos is gonna be the “order of the day” – wait and see.