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Civil Forfeiture: Last Week Tonight with John Oliver (HBO)
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John Oliver's Last Week Tonight segment on civil asset forfeiture, the process by which police can seize property they suspect is tied to crime. It explains how the property itself is put on trial and how departments profit.
HN treats it as the standard accessible explainer on civil forfeiture, linked in nearly every thread about police seizures.
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