Justice Department rolls back guidance

Years ago I was on a JTF-6 mission in TX working with the DEA. One evening we hit a local bar and were shooting the breeze. As we continued talking an agent describe a current case she was working were she was seizing a family's home. The wife's brother had been busted for possession of personal amounts of marijuana and eventually plead guilty to get out of jail and was also given probation. He lost his apartment and job while in jail so he occasionally stayed with his sister when he got out. Long story short, during the course of the probation the brother was caught with a personal amount of marijuana once on the sister's multi-acre property and once right in front of the property. The DEA agent was using the brother's minor drug arrests to claim the sister's family home was a drug house eligible for asset forfeiture. Two of us did a "WTF?" and "how is that right?" that raised the level of the conversation and got the attention of other DEA agents. It quickly devolved into about 40% of the DEA agents supporting seizing the family house, 50% asking are you nuts?", and 10% just wanting to drink and chill....
The DEA is going to file a case to take the sister's family home because her brother possessed a joint and a baggie?

We can do this all day, but in each and every incident there was some form of disrespect or law breaking that started the issue. Kids learn from their parents and friends, it they are taught the wrong lesson, they pay the price.

MCPO Roger Collins - "Disrespect or law breaking" Since when is "disrespect" a criminal offense that requires police intervention and imprisonment!?! The kids we incarcerated so the private facility could profit on taxpayer dollars and the judge could get a kick back. You are seriously okay with imprisoning people for "disrespect"!?! WTF?

You are dumbing down RP. When you get verified, I will consider continuing this discussion with you. In the meantime.....

SSgt Boyd Herrst - just making scum like them a higher priority to put behind bars.

So special courts for Veteran offenders would NOT be a fair to the usual criminal types.. I look at sit-reps like ‘Service related ptsd(that which occurred in combat scenario. - a TBI related sir-rep) Some could saywell how is that any different than a angry stepfather or stepmom dragging a kid down or up the steps with the kid’s head banging all the way on the steps., a psychologist might say.. a TBI is a TBI to some not familiar with Military combat... shouldn’t a person raised in the ghetto who has a TBI from a family member dragging them up or down steps Get the same court treatment as a Vet with Military Combat related TBI? .. it’s not the same.. (IMPO)..
I think it would have to be evaluated
By professionals before going onto a special court.. for either case.. For those that are criminally wrong because they are ‘products of their environment’ is somewhat different than those from a ‘military environment’. maybe they both need forensic evaluation before moving on to a special court.. then that would make it fair(?).... what say our comrades at RP in their OPO)?...

GIT MO? ((Said facetiously).. it’s working and not in need of repair..
I say it’s the right place.. keep them ‘in the dark’ on what’s going on back on the mainland.. I believe that’s how the ‘criminal element’ needs to be kept. ... unaware of what’s going on while incarcerated.. ‘just enough of what we want them to know!’ They will not have the need to make a positive response to their kind doing negative acts like rioting or doing criminal acts ... so as to ‘not cheering them on!’ In what they are doing and by inciting violence while incarcerated.. . It’s as good a drug of behavioral medicine as the drugs themselves ..

It’s where they need to be ! Behind bars or under the cement, either is ok by me !