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Why Armed Drug Cops Took ‘Every Belonging’ From A Michigan Soccer Mom
"The seizure of Shattuck's belongings offers a window into the unsettled world of civil forfeiture and drug laws at a time when both are facing increased challenges."
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I wonder what the drug warriors seized her personal vibrator for? That's the reason the story made the national headlines in the first place wasn't it? Without that titillating detail added on, the cops' confiscating all that unrelated property and holding it for going on year is just business as usual and would barely make news outside of the local radio or dead tree newsprint.