As Louis CK hysterically points out, it's good to be white... especially in Oklahoma.
According to a recent report by Oklahoma Watch, it appears the Oklahoma law enforcement industry is unfairly targeting minorities for civil asset forfeitures.
Yes, you read that correctly. Oklahoma cops are targeting minorities. In other news, water is wet, the sun is hot and Aaron Tuttle is angry.
Here are the details via NewsOK.com:
Nearly two thirds of seizures of cash by Oklahoma law enforcement agencies involve blacks, Hispanics and other racial or ethnic minorities, an Oklahoma Watch analysis of high-dollar forfeiture cases in 10 counties shows.
The findings suggest to some civil asset forfeiture law critics that officers use racial profiling, even subconsciously, in deciding whose vehicles to search or whose money to seize. Advocacy groups and some lawmakers argue forfeiture practices violate civil rights and allow police to take assets without a conviction or even filing a charge.
Law officers deny targeting people by race. Some said if Hispanics are disproportionately represented in forfeiture cases, it is because Mexican drug cartels often use Hispanics to transport drug profits. The racial disparities also reflect some national trends; the U.S. Sentencing Commission reports that minorities comprise nearly 80 percent of those convicted of drug trafficking in federal courts.