What did you see? I only read a one sided screed about how this poor altar boy saved all his paper route money that he intended to give to some church, blaa blaa blaa. You can’t tell if this is government over-reach or not from this puffery. What evidence did the cops see? What was said? Maybe the author should do the work of a reporter and try to support or contradict the claims made by the involved. But reading posts here, it accomplished what it intended to do, inflame the agenda oriented. Burn down the system!
Asset forfeiture is a system primed for abuse. If you can’t convict a criminal on the evidence of criminal behavior, then by definition he’s not a criminal. I’d rather see 10 suspicious individuals get away with their possibly unlawful profits than one innocent deprived of his property.