Pubdate: Mon, 07 Dec 2015 Source: San Diego Union Tribune (CA) Copyright: 2015 Union-Tribune Publishing Co. Contact: http://www.utsandiego.com/ Details: http://www.mapinc.org/media/386 Note: Seldom prints LTEs from outside it's circulation area. Author: Jim Bartlett Referenced: http://www.mapinc.org/drugnews/v15/n678/a03.html TIME TO REIN IN ASSET FORFEITURE BY AGENCIES Having just read Steven Greenhut's report ("California needs to fix forfeiture abuse," Nov. 30) I'm both shocked and embarrassed that the very agencies that we pay to protect us are, in fact, fleecing us to fill their coffers. What hypocrisy. What must other countries think of the U.S. when these "asset forfeitures" are taking place all over the country? Have we become the new 1939 Germany? Land of the free? Not from the police. Home of the brave? We'd better be if these injustices continue. Mr. Greenhut is usually right on with his facts and I hope that his revelation of this deplorable practice is rectified at the next legislative session. Jim Bartlett Alpine - --- MAP posted-by: Jay Bergstrom