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To: Conan who wrote (11028)	6/4/2003 10:56:46 AM
From: MSI	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 306849

LOL! Until they knock on your door, throw some plants out back and say "Conan, you have the right to remain silent..." What you don't have is the right to fair trial, since the predatory paramilitary have set you up after smacking their lips at your nice large property they looked up at the county records. What you don't get is that granting confiscated property to police budgets (Florida DEA had tens of millions) automatically puts them in the business of being a sanctioned mafia. 80% of the paramilitary are fine folks, 15% are on the fence and 5% are outright criminals under color of authority. It's those 5% that cause problems, subvert the Constitution, and will come after you one day if not exposed. Closer to home, we've got bounty-hunter tow truck drivers, if you can imagine that. My son-in-law parked legally, got nabbed by one of these cruising predators, and we had to threaten legal action to get the $200 back. The driver told me he gets $30 for every car he pulls in, and the owner has to give the money back 1/20th of the time, and no penalty. Sweet deal! he thinks.

To: Conan who wrote (11028)	6/4/2003 8:25:01 PM
From: Mr. Sunshine	Respond to of 306849

<<Hey, I say the government isn't confiscating pot growers and drug dealers homes fast enough>> Yes, but some of the confiscations were from people who did not know that drugs were on their property. One well known example was a yacht owner who hired a crew to sail his boat. One of the crew had a single marijuana cigarette in his toilet bag. BAM! The owner lost his yacht. Can you say that your home has never had illegal drugs inside? What about EVERY worker you have ever hired to do any work on your house? Were they drug free? What about your children? The friends of your children? The friends of the friends of your children? If any of them had any illegal drugs, and if they accidently dropped them on your property, and if it was somehow discovered by the DEA, BAM! you house is gone. The DEA did not even have to prove guilt in court. The public backlash that was developing started to curb the excesses several years ago, and I have not followed the issue since then, but I remember being pretty scared when I read what the police agencies could do. There were some fairly respectable people who claimed that they had been framed - that drugs had been planted on their property so the police agencies could get the asset and sell it.