A former Marine was pulled over for tailgating. Police took $87,000

The war on drugs has made more casualties than done any good. I think police should be stripped of any kind of immunity and respond to their actions, they have cameras on them and can prove things, and of course laws like these repealed at federal level (or at least fixed so that the police cannot abuse it).

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A former Marine was pulled over for following a truck too closely. Police took nearly $87,000 of his cash.

Civil forfeiture has got to go.

Was this guy trying to buy a house for cash? whys he driving with 87k? He's a sitting duck for the po-po

Paywalled but I think I get the gist. The main problem with cases of (I'm presuming) civil forfeiture is that the assest is what's being accused of involvement in crime, not the person. As assets have no rights the police can essentially do as they please with it.