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This is quite literally the legalized plundering of the private property of Black people by the government.
"During 2014-2016, there was one black person targeted for forfeiture by Myrtle Beach police for every 50 black residents who live there."
"If you roughly extrapolated that rate over a generation, one in five black people would have money or goods taken by police in Myrtle Beach at some point over three decades, despite the fact that the city is mostly white."
"In one case, a Wellford officer pulled over a black man on Interstate 85 for what he said was failure to maintain a lane. When he discovered cash in the car that day in 2012, the officer called in the top Homeland Security agent in Greenville to help seize it."
"In one case, a Wellford officer pulled over a black man on Interstate 85 for what he said was failure to maintain a lane. When he discovered cash in the car that day in 2012, the officer called in the top Homeland Security agent in Greenville to help seize it."
"They’d found what police said were 'marijuana particles.'"
The North Carolina driver, Lee Harris Jr., said it was tobacco. The officers took $7,008 from the glove box."
The North Carolina driver, Lee Harris Jr., said it was tobacco. The officers took $7,008 from the glove box."
"He filed a lawsuit, and after a year-and-a-half, he settled. The government kept $2,008 even though Harris' son was never charged with a crime."
shock and surprise.
"Officers have a lower threshold to search black drivers than white drivers, the Stanford research shows, evidenced by data that revealed when officers searched drivers, they found contraband more often on white drivers than black ones."
"Officers have a lower threshold to search black drivers than white drivers, the Stanford research shows, evidenced by data that revealed when officers searched drivers, they found contraband more often on white drivers than black ones."
