Brickbat: Asset Forfeiture

Juries have found former New York City Police Department Officer Joseph Stokes guilty of felony grand larceny and official misconduct and his partner, former NYPD Officer Jose Aracena, guilty of misdemeanor petit larceny and official misconduct. Prosecutors said Stokes took $4,800 and Aracena took $220 from a driver whom they stopped for drunk driving. But the driver was actually an undercover police officer who was part of an integrity sting.

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[Adans smith]

The king’s men can steal, as long as it’s not from the king.

[Fist of Etiquette]

Asset forfeiture only permissible if you share.

[BillyG]

“He was clearly targeted,” Murray said. “This was all a set-up from the beginning.”

Police target citizens all the time.
He stole the money.
Lock him up.

[Unicorn Abattoir]

Prosecutors said Stokes took $4,800 and Aracena took $220 from a driver whom they stopped for drunk driving. But the driver was actually an undercover police officer who was part of an integrity sting.

The undercover cop walked away with S5,020.

[pablo escobar's hippos]

So first we pay for cops. Then we pay for more cops to run integrity stings on the first batch. But who integrity checks the integrity checkers?