Civil Asset Forfeiture is unconstitutional. Its state sanctioned theft. Sorry I cannot support it in any form. And anyone in Washington that supports it is an enemy of the Constitution.
There is a great amount of state sanctioned theft.
I see evidence of such threat almost every time I interview a person who has been arrested for possession/intent to distribute a controlled substance.
The conversation goes a little like this:
Me-”The police say they found 8 pounds of marijuana and $7,000.00 in cash.”
Interviewee will always have a puzzled look on his face and nod his head. When I probe and ask more detailed questions, and further gain his trust, the guy I am interviewing will say,
“I may have had 9 or ten pounds and $12,000 in cash.”
Me, “Well kid, we can’t walk into court and tell the judge that you had more cash and drugs than what the police CLAIM they found. Let’s move on.”