The seizure of the 352-acre Camp Zoe property in Southeast Missouri has so far garnered substantial attention both in America and internationally. That’s because this is no ordinary seizure; without (so
far) being charged with a crime, the property owner, musician Jimmy
Tebeau, is having his land taken from him in a process that strips him
of his rights under both the US and Missouri constitutions.

The DEA has filed a claim for seizure and forfeiture of the property on the grounds that for years, concert-goers have engaged in consumption and transaction of illegal drugs. Under this theory, every major music
festival in the country could be shut down by law enforcement whose
motive is not to make Americans safer through the protection of their
rights, but the profit that police can make by taking property from
citizens.