More Asset Forfeiture Bologna

From Reason.com we see the most recent round of bullshit that occurs when the federal government convinces local governments to help them steal. From the article:

As Russell Caswell, the motel’s 69-year-old owner, explained to the Associated Press, “They are holding me responsible for the actions of a few people who I don’t know and I’ve never met before, people who rent a room.” Welcome to the topsy-turvy world of civil forfeiture, where property can be guilty even when its owner is innocent.

That's right. The government convinced a federal judge that a small-fish motel operator should be responsible for the actions of his guests. Read the rest of this unbelievable nightmare of the government overstepping the bounds of common decency.