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Karen Liu and Pam Dempsey/Midwest Center for Investigative Reporting
Why you can trust Investigate Midwest
A 2018 recreational brand vehicle, $500,000 in cash, a quarter and a red Bass Pro Shop baseball cap. These are just a few of the thousands of items that Illinois police agencies have seized over the past decade under state and federal laws known as civil asset forfeiture. The laws allow the seizure of property […]
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