[thefactor]

1) At first the driver denied having any money in the car. This changed when cops found many plastic containers full of cash in the car.

2) Some, not all of this money was set for donations to charity.

3) The money is being returned in full.

4) Oklahoma's forfeiture laws are considered among the worst in the country. But lawmakers cannot be bothered to change them. Stop blaming the cops. Last time I checked, cops don't make the laws.

[Wolfie]

On the brigher side (different case but hopefully the outcome will be the same):

OK: Grand Jury Indicts Sheriff For Wrongly Taking $10,000 from Traffic Stop

[LaRueLaDue]

“4) Oklahoma’s forfeiture laws are considered among the worst in the country. But lawmakers cannot be bothered to change them. Stop blaming the cops. Last time I checked, cops don’t make the laws.”

The legislature actually had a bill limiting and/or eliminating this sort of thing, but it got killed in committee by the LEO lobby, specifically the State cops... Blame on both sides of the law there.