Stop Seizing Assets of Innocent People!

Did you know there is a practice called "asset forfeiture" allowing law enforcement authorities to take hold of property and cash from people who are arrested; even if they are never found guilty in a court of law? This means, you can simply be accused of wrongdoing and lose some, if not all of your assets, and when you are found innocent, your belongings are not returned!

Known as the Equitable Sharing Program, this practice was temporarily ceased by The Justice Department in December 2015, but has since been reinstated. Some believe the seizing of assets is simply being used to raise funds for law enforcement expenses with no regard for justice, and as a result, innocent citizens are in essence being robbed.

In fact, a Washington Post article points out the amount seized in 2014 alone was more than 5 billion dollars, while the amount actually lost due to burglaries was less than 4 billion.

Please ask U.S. Attorney General Loretta Lynch to end the Equitable Sharing Program once and for all!