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Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez: “In the vast majority of civil forfeiture cases, the government is driving away cars, kicking people out of their homes…”

On the recordDecember 7, 2021
In the vast majority of civil forfeiture cases, the government is driving away cars, kicking people out of their homes for claimed suspicion.
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Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez
Democratic · New York

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Ocasio-Cortez discusses the consequences of civil forfeiture on vulnerable populations.

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