The anti-collecting lobbyists of the Antiquities Coalition reveal their true colours with a candid tweet from their Chief of Staff suggesting: "Dealers Don't Have Civil Rights!"
FROM TWITTER: Katie A. Paul @AnthroPaulicy Katie A. Paul Retweeted Peter TompaIt cannot be tolerated that law enforcement use civil law to take, keep and ultimately benefit from assets seized before a case is judged, or even against citizens who have yet to be accused of anything. Based on current law, people not committing a crime can be negatively impacted. Forfeiture is a critical tool to take resources away from criminals, but that's what we expect these people to be: criminals. There needs to be a healthy restructuring of our asset forfeiture laws.
What a shameful accusation to compare the plight of antiquities dealers to those fighting for civil rights. Dealers don't have civil rights!No wonder why the Antiquities Coalition apparently thinks the burden of proof should be shifted away from the government and onto collectors and dealers to prove their collections are "licit" under obscure foreign laws, many of which are the products of dictatorships like that of Egypt.
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