Meet the Texas Lawmaker Fighting Trump on Civil Asset Forfeiture (New at Reason)
When the White House hosted a meeting of sheriffs from across the country last February, President Donald Trump joked about destroying the career of a Texas state senator who supported reforms to civil asset forfeiture laws—a controversial practice where police can seize cash and property of people suspected—but in most cases never convicted or charged with a crime.
Though Trump’s comments were meant to support police, they’ve had the opposite of their intended impact—it’s re-energized the push for reform.
Texas state senator Konni Burton was one of many local lawmakers outraged by Trump’s comments. She’s a tea party leader from the Dallas-Fort Worth area who also happens to be pro-life and pro-borders. Burton isn’t the unnamed state senator Trump offered to destroy, but she’s emerged as the state’s fiercest opponent of civil asset forfeiture.
“When you give law enforcement the ability to take your property without a conviction that’s big government,” Burton says.
Last December, Burton filed legislation that would repeal civil asset forfeiture in the state and replace it with criminal asset forfeiture.
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Source: http://freedombunker.com/2017/06/07/meet-the-texas-lawmaker-fighting-trump-on-civil-asset-forfeiture-new-at-reason/
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