Abolish Civil Asset Forfeiture

Urge your U.S. Senators and Representatives to put a stop to the government taking property from people suspected of drug law violations without a criminal conviction and rewarding police for engaging in this bad behavior.

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Dear Member of Congress,

Message Body I am writing to urge you to repeal federal asset forfeiture laws that embolden law enforcement to seize cash, cars, and other property from citizens never charged or convicted of a crime and pocket the proceeds from the property sale. The government should not be able to seize property from a citizen without a criminal conviction. Without warrants and frequently without criminal charges, law enforcement officials nationwide have taken in $2.5 billion from nearly 62,000 cash seizures under the federal civil forfeiture program since 2001, according to an investigation by the Washington Post. The Equitable Sharing Program is a profit-sharing program wherein local and state police can keep 80 percent of the proceeds and share the rest with federal agencies. Law enforcement agencies should not be able to retain the forfeiture funds they generate, and they should always require a criminal conviction to seize the funds. I urge you to put an end to these federal laws and programs that improperly incentivize law enforcement. Please take action now.

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