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The Institute for Justice has been fighting the asset forfeiture problem across the country. In some jurisdictions, police would target out of state cars for search and then seize any money because those people were far less likely to be able to drop everything and come back for court hearings, thus more willing to sign over any cash found in the car. Get arrested for DUI, and they take the car - even if it belongs to someone else. Philadelphia was actually taking homes if one kid sold drugs out of it.

Sources:

Policing for Profit: The Abuse of Civil Asset Forfeiture
http://www.ij.org/policing-for-profit-the-abuse-of-civil-asset-forfeiture-4

Homeowners’ Lawsuit Challenges Pa. Practice of Police Asset Seizures
http://news.heartland.org/newspaper-article/2014/09/15/homeowners-lawsuit-challenges-pa-practice-police-asset-seizures

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The Institute for Justice has been fighting the asset forfeiture problem across the country.

When the piece ref'd IJ, I knew it was a decent article and not some HufPo lefty stuff. Though it seems the editors played up the kid's race more than was relevant.

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WAPO did a series of articles on the subject.

Stop and Seize