They’ve even thrown aside the thin veneer of justification of civil forfeiture that the seized assets were the fruits of drug profits or used in drug production or sales. If you seize millions of dollars of cash from Walter White’s air ducts or his “cooking” RV, maybe you have an argument for civil forfeiture (but I still say conviction first and then punishment). But nabbing a box of comic books? That’s just legalized looting. Did they put up a drawer of used underwear on eBay too? Maybe a half box of Minute Rice?
To add insult to injury, the cops were called to the trailer where the comics were found on report of a home invasion (the article unfortunately didn’t give much detail).
I truly hope Jeff Sessions gets moved to DHS or somewhere else. The top AG should not advocate confiscation of property without due process.