illegal search and seizure ?

[Stu_Padaso]

My Land lord who i've known 16 + years had his home Raided by LE (not sure which agency ) for suspected Marijuana grow . They found absolutely nothing , They took 3 handguns , $12,000 in cash . He has a big family his mother , kids all live there . he is very
successful owns over 20 property's residential , commercial . this happened three weeks ago. they won't give him his weapons back or his money. He is as law abiding as any of us if not more. they had no right to keep his property and money.

He won't pursue it because he is vietnamese and wants no trouble , he needs a good lawyer
any ideas ? thanks

[Zundfolge]

If he won't pursue it, there's not much you can do.

Maybe call the local TV station that does the "on your side" type reporting, they might be interested in exposing police malfeasance against a minority.

[MrAK]

Topless March?

[feal]

no warrant? if you find out what agency, freedom of information act?

[cstone]

Where is the residence located? Go to that PD and request information on any warrants served at that location on the date it was served. If the PD says they have nothing then file a home invasion/burglary report and describe in as much detail the perpetrators. Also you can contact the DA’s office to see if they assisted in obtaining any warrants for the location on that date.

Did your landlord receive an inventory of property seized? Warrants once served have to be returned to the court that issued. The return will include at a minimum an inventory of any property seized.

After filing FOIA requests your landlord may want to find a lawyer willing to file a Bivens suit in federal court. My guess is the warrant was probably obtained by the regional drug task force. There was a fairly large statewide sweep for illegal grow options conducted a few weeks ago.

If the task force is trying to keep the property under asset forfeiture, he will need to get an attorney and fight to get it back. IMO asset forfeiture is one of the worst travesty of justice in our country.

[ray1970]

I would be pretty surprised if there wasn’t a warrant involved in this act.

If there wasn’t it should be super easy to get his stuff back with the simple threat of litigation against the department.

Since there likely was some sort of warrant, his property will likely be tied up as evidence until the whole situation is sorted out.

[def90]

It’s called Civil Forfeiture.. he will never see his guns or money again. He is suspected of being involved in a crime and even without ever being charged with a crime his property can be seized. Simply having a wad of cash would be grounds for suspecting you of committing a crime. He would have to sue and go to court and prove that his guns or money have not been involved in criminal activity in order to ever get it back. No one ever does as it would cost him more than the $12,000 to do it. Law enforcement rakes in tons of money every year doing this.

It’s time to make civil forfeiture illegal, congress would never do it though, it’s a cash cow.

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Civi..._United_States

[Stu_Padaso]

If he won't pursue it, there's not much you can do.

Maybe call the local TV station that does the "on your side" type reporting, they might be interested in exposing police malfeasance against a minority.

I bet you TV stations wouldn't touch this with 10 foot pole.It doesn't affect me i was just trying to give him some options or advise , like i said he doesn't do anything illegal im positive, It really destroyed any and all respect i had for that type of Law enforcement. I don't mean all law enforcement. Just the Power Rangers. signature tells the tail

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stu

[enfield]

so how does this not make the police major thieves?

[Stu_Padaso]

Well if it can happen to him then it can and will happen to anybody on this site ,the judge that signed that warrant or the cop that faked the info on it should be fired. lmao like thats gunna happen. THANKS YOU ALL for being straight up with me peace