from Govt Slaves:

Police are seizing cars because their owners visit legal, state-licensed marijuana dispensaries. A lawsuit alleges that Michigan sheriff’s deputies are watching dispensaries for cars to confiscate.

Police are seizing cars because the owners are carrying as little as $10 worth of marijuana, Reason claims. Furthermore, Wayne County, Michigan is demanding car owners pay a $1,200 fine to get their vehicles back.

Police are still seizing cars in Wayne County (Detroit) even though the government has “decriminalized” marijuana there. For example, sheriff’s deputies seized and impounded Crystal Sisson’s car because she was carrying $10 worth of legal marijuana.

Police Are Seizing Cars Because Owners Buy Decriminalized Marijuana

Moreover, “Sisson is charged with illegally occupying a place where controlled substances are sold,” Reasonreports. That means Sisson bought the weed at a legal dispensary licensed by Wayne County.

Sisson finds herself stuck in a legal grey area because she bought “medical marijuana.” To elaborate, it is legal to buy cannabis in Michigan but illegal to smoke it.

Now Sisson needs to pay Wayne County $1,200 to get her car back. If Sisson does not pay the fine, she forfeits the car and it becomes county property.

In addition, Sisson’s attorneys assert that Wayne County is violating the eighth amendment’s ban on “excessive fines and unusual punishments.” Sisson‘s attorneys made the allegation in a civil rights lawsuit filed in United States District Court.

Police Are Seizing Cars Because Owners Visit County Licensed Businesses

In fact, Sisson’s attorneys maintain that Wayne County is allowing the dispensaries where its police are seizing cars to operate. As a result, Wayne County is presumably collecting sales taxes on marijuana before apprehending the property of the buyers.

Also, Michigan requires medical marijuana dispensaries to pay fees to law enforcement agencies, Reason states. In particular, Wayne County law enforcement collects around $473,256 a year from fees on dispensaries.

Additionally, Sisson is just one of the hundreds of people whose property is seized because they visit legal, state-licensed medical marijuana dispensaries. Significantly, the Wayne County Sheriff’s Office admits it is conducting surveillance at 32 licensed medical marijuana dispensaries. The Sheriff’s Office also admits to seizing 467 vehicles in Operation Push Off.

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