I don't know who this "we" is that you refer to, but it doesn't include me.
A lot of folks saw where it was going.
Some of “us” did, but clearly not enough. It was one of those “not my ox being gored” things.
I suspect if one thing was changed, this type of civil forfeiture would disappear, “the seized funds going into LEO budgets” and speedy court hearing. Congress could alter this, but the holderites WhiteyHut might veto, this obvious “graft SOP”.