Asset forfeiture: give us your teeth!

[Jason McCullough]

Fucking drug war (http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/localnews/2002916265_grillz07m.html).

n their quest to seize the ill-gotten gains of suspected drug dealers, federal prosecutors have targeted cash, jewelry, cars and even homes.

You can now add gold-capped teeth to the list.

A defense expert and the attorneys for two men facing federal drug charges in Tacoma are crying foul over efforts by federal prosecutors and officials with the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives to have the gold-capped teeth — commonly called "grills" or "grillz" — removed from their clients' mouths.

Oh for the fucking love of god.

[Jasper]

I love this part:
Federal prosecutors, who presented the seizure warrant to a U.S. District Court judge on March 29, said they did not know that the grills were permanently bonded to the defendants' teeth.
Really? Then why were these guys hastily shoved into a car and sent on the way to a dentist, rather than simply asked to hand over their jewlelry?

[scharmers]

Wow ... time to watch "The Marathon Man" again

God Bless Amerikkka

[John Many Jars]

If you hold a hair dryer up to them, they'll fall right off.