Attorney General Eric Holder just made the best call of his political career: ending the Department of Justice's Equitable Sharing Program, which incentivized local cops to merrily commit plunder and share the proceeds with the feds. While this move will not end the unconscionable practice of police forfeiture, it's still a praiseworthy step in the right direction.
Reason has been standing up for the little guys whose stuff gets stolen by government thugs for longer than virtually any other journalism outlet (longer than I have been alive, in fact). While no one can deny the excellent work done by The Washington Post and others in recent months to bring this criminal practice the broader attention it deserved, Reason writers—including former staffer Radley Balko, now at WaPost—were among the earliest, most consistent, and most vocal opponents of asset forfeiture.
