Americans for Forfeiture Reform has been calling for regime change at the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) for some time. The latest report from the Commerce Department’s Office of the Inspector General (OIG) reiterates that need. NOAA was tasked with reforming…
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Monthly Archives: December 2011
Give AFR some holiday love!
Yesterday, Radley Balko at The Agitator graciously plugged Americans for Forfeiture Reform as a donation-worthy organization this holiday season: Friend of The Agitator Eapen Thampy has started a promising new organization calledAmericans for Forfeiture Reform, which works to raise awareness…
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Posted in Endorsements
With unrestrained seizure powers, Philly code-enforcement agents go pillaging
Normally, when we cover stories of unjust seizure and forfeiture in the United States, the guilty agency or agent is a law enforcement agent associated with the criminal justice system. Unfortunately, the access of law enforcement to vast seizure and…
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Tagged with: Fourth Amendment, municipal code enforcement, Philadelphia, tyranny
Posted in Uncategorized
Posted in Uncategorized
Police Union Files Lawsuit Alleging Misuse of Forfeiture Funds
From the Baltimore Sun: Rank-and-file police officers are accusing the small department in Westminster of misspending money seized from drug suspects by buying iPads and iPhones for top commanders…. “Clearly, someone disagrees with the manner in which some of the…
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Posted in Uncategorized
Halifax County, VA sheriff Stanley Noblin under investigation for embezzling $83,000
The Gazette-Virginian reports: Virginia State Police Special Agent Accountant William M. Talbert initiated an investigation of Sheriff Noblin at the request of Virginia Attorney General Ken Cuccinelli II on Oct. 11, which “revealed the fact that certain monies totaling approximately…
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Tagged with: Halifax County, Institute for Justice, Scott Bullock, Sheriff Noblin, Stanly Noblin, Virginia, War on Drugs
Posted in Drug War, states
Posted in Drug War, states
