[zeugma]

Not all seizures are unreasonable. Develop Probable Cause , get it approved by management and a DA or Assistant US Attorney. Then seize. I always knew when I appropriately seized Drug Money. The next day I would get a call from an attorney, almost apologising for taking the case. His job was to appeal the matter tying up counsel to make it administratively impossible for our attorneys to do other work. Case closed.

I don't give a damn where the money came from. Civil asset forfeiture without a related criminal conviction is always nothing more than raw theft by the state. All those who take part in it are no better than any other thief.

[BatGuano]

You are right. Civil asset forfeiture is “raw theft!”

Under the banner of the agency, big or small, the thieves work with no conscience or thought of what or how their act fits into honorable duty or behavior. The badge “entitles” them.

Democrats have no honor, none! No surprise how Arizona failed.

[stormhill]

This whole thing is so ridiculous! It's nothing more and nothing less than deprivation of rights under color of law. It boils down to "I can do this because I have a gun and a badge and you don't."
I tell people about this and invariably they look at me like I'm making it up! One thing I can't abide is current and former government parasites justifying it for any reason.

[MeganC]

Civil asset forfeiture started out with good intentions but it has become little more than an excuse for bandits with badges to rob and kill people. It needs to end or else we need to put an end to the government that condones it.