Tuesday, September 30, 2014

Frankenstein's Remorse

“[Civil Asset Forfeiture] should be abolished.” 
That’s the considered opinion of the two men — John Yoder and Brad Cates — who, in the 1980s, oversaw the development of federal civil asset forfeiture as a tool to combat organized crime and the drug trade. [More]
Hey, how were they supposed to know that if you create a monster it will go on a destructive, terrifying rampage?

What I'm wondering is when the villagers will have finally had enough and start picking up torches and pitchforks.

[Via Michael G]

2 comments:

rkshanny said...

Probably be waitin' a while . . . the boobeoise don't take pitchforks after their HEROES!! Who would "protect & serve" them? Sigh!

Anonymous said...

meaning: they've got theirs stashed
in a safe place ... they hope.