[caption id="attachment_8464" align="alignright" width="230"] AG Eric Holder[/caption] Earlier today, Attorney General Eric Holder announced that local and state law enforcement would no longer be able to use federal asset forfeiture laws to seize and keep property without evidence of a crime. According to the Washington Post: Holder’s action represents the most sweeping check on police power to confiscate personal property since the seizures began three decades ago as part of the war on drugs. Since…

A Michigan man came forward this week with his story of police abuse, and unfortunately, it sounds all too familiar. According to Rudy Simpson, police raided his home for marijuana based on an anonymous tip and a marijuana stem supposedly found in his garbage. The police found a quarter ounce of marijuana, 12 alleged marijuana seeds, and half of a pill for which Simpson produced a prescription. Apparently, this was all the justification the police needed to confiscate three pages worth of Simpson’s…