Slush funds with no adult supervision – The Secret Slush Funds of Asset Forfeiture – Hit & Run : Reason.com

Two investigations published this week reveal how police and prosecutors spend asset forfeiture funds outside the public eye.

Read it and enjoy the corruption. The conclusion….

Corruption is pervasive in all other arenas of public life—politics, media, education, sports— yet the defenders of asset forfeiture ask us to believe that the criminal justice system is staffed by angels. When investigations manage to overcome the lax reporting requirements that protect these agencies, it only strengthens the case for making police and prosecutors more accountable for how they use money seized from citizens.

Yea, right.