Given this is the first arrest, you have to wonder how the courts might view a law making it a felony to alter a persons own property for reasons that have nothing to do with actual public safety. Maybe well see. As for the car itself, the Institute for Justice’s 2010 “Policing for Profit” report calculated that law enforcement officials in the state have collected more than $80 million in shared proceeds from asset forfeiture funds. Oh, and the hidden compartment law exempts vehicles being operated by law enforcement officers, so if state troopers can come up with an excuse to use the ride they just grabbed, they may be able to keep it for themselves.
Posted on: Thu, 21 Nov 2013 18:50:35 +0000
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