CONTRA COSTA COPS TOOK $1 MILLION FROM UNCHARGED SUSPECTS
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Over four years, the law enforcement agencies of Contra Costa County seized $1.1M from people accused of crimes but never charged. Of the nearly $3.5M million taken as part of the Contra Costa’s asset forfeiture practice -- a means of financially hamstringing criminal investigation targets -- $1.2 million was related to cannabis charges.Mercury News
- Asset forfeiture has been a feature of the law enforcement landscape . . .
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