[sargon]

“Should the government win the civil forfeiture case, each law enforcement agency involved will divvy up the proceeds of the Reese’s property AND one or more individual law enforcement officers will receive individual bonuses.

For many of the agencies involved, the civil forfeiture is probably the real motivation behind this whole process.

And individual bonuses for "one or more" LEOS?!

The fomenting of corruption and obvious conflict of interest are utterly transparent!

They are flaunting their Tyrannical power and rubbing our noses in it...

[Boogieman]

“The fomenting of corruption and obvious conflict of interest are utterly transparent!”

I think you’re maybe being too generous. You can hardly even call it corruption when it’s built-in to the system by design.

I can’t think of any legitimate system of government to compare this practice to, unless perhaps you go back to feudalism. They are turning the agents of the state into mercenaries, paid on commission for violating the rights of the citizenry.