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http://reason.com/blog/2016/11/23/alabama-humantrafficking-safe-harbor-act
Thanks, War on Drugs! The War on Human Trafficking means more cars and cash for the police.
"We've added wording so it's plain that if a john pulls up to a car, solicits a female, puts her in that car and drives off----that car can be forfeited, just like a drug dealer's," said state prosecutor Barry Matson, deputy director of the Alabama District Attorneys Association, at an Alabama Human Trafficking Task Force meeting in February. He illustrated this detail by noting that, "Right now in Alabama if I pull up on the road and shoot a deer... I'm going to lose my car and my gun. So I think if we can protect deer in that way we darn sure can protect people."
What type of twisted logic is it that someone thinks taking a man's car and gun is a good way to penalize deer poaching?
It is only fair if they can steal drug dealers' cars and poachers', then why not pimps', whores and johns' car.
Why not forfeit the car if the owner is caught DUI? Or reckless driving? Or speeding? I would add improper lane change, but I think the death penalty is sufficient for that.
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