BREAKING LAWSUIT: Atlanta Citizens Fight Back Against Forfeiture Abuse
Georgia has some of the worst civil forfeiture laws and practices in the country. This morning, five Atlanta citizens teamed up with the Institute for Justice to change that.
Civil forfeiture threatens the property rights of all Americans. These laws allow government officials to seize your home, car, cash or other property upon the mere suspicion [...]
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Slavery and Confederate Nationalism
Today, 21 March 2011, marks the 150th anniversary of Alexander Hamilton Stephens’ delivery of the Cornerstone Speech in Savannah, Georgia. On 20 December 1860, the state convention called by the legislature of South Carolina after the election of Abraham Lincoln to the Presidency had voted for secession from the Union. By the beginning of February, [...]
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CAUGHT ON TAPE: Police Stealing Property, Abusing Forfeiture
In Michigan, police were caught on tape stealing private property:
What do you want to take in the basement? Do you want to take the drums and all that (expletive), or no?
The police took three pages worth of property that included a 52” flat-screen TV, a DVD player, two computers, a camera and several DVDs.
Why does [...]
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HuffPo Front Page: Blue Dog Congressman Sanford Bishop Knew about Pigford Fraud
From Lee Stranahan writing at the Huffington Post:
While I was conducting a video interview with a Georgia farmer named Eddie Slaughter a couple of weeks ago, he made a surprising and stunning allegation: that he had told his congressman about fraud in the multibillion dollar Pigford v. Glickman settlement and that the [...]
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Have Census Job, Will Travel: Census Wastes Money Shuffling Workers Around the Country
Yesterday, MyTwoCensus.com reported that 2010 Census workers from Colorado have arrived in New York to assist with operations. Each of these employees is put up at a hotel and paid a per diem rate. (I’ve heard that Hilton Hotels are being used for this purpose — which isn’t surprising since [...]