Did you know that in most of America, police can take your property, even if you did nothing wrong?

They don't have to charge you with a crime. They don't have to take you to court.

They can just say they suspect you of a crime.

Then they can grab your money, your car, and sometimes, even your house!

It's legal because of something called "civil asset forfeiture."

My new video shows how police abuse such laws to take things from innocent people.

Restaurant owner Mandrel Stuart was stopped by police in Virginia when driving. Stuart thought, at worst, he'd get a ticket. But in his car was $18,000, which he planned to use to buy equipment for his restaurant.

When the cops saw that, they said they didn't believe it was for his restaurant, and they confiscated it.

"They said that I was a drug dealer," he complains. "They had no proof!"

In most states, they don't need proof. The money alone gives police "probable cause" that a crime was committed. Still, the police let him go. But they kept his........

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