oh i hadnt seen this, thanks.

what a prime example of how totally fucked the war on drugs is. $225 in drugs, permanently seized his brand new $40k vehicle. has trouble getting a job due to his record, has to borrow a neighbors car once he does.

thank fucking god we can at least put a ceiling on what cops can take from you. this decision is great, but im not sure it makes sense for cops to have to have a means to fine people via asset seizure.

i have a suspicion that at some point in the future, all extra-judicial and extra-legislative asset seizures will be determined excessive.

Calling civil asset forfeiture "extra-judicial" seems inaccurate - there is still a court involved, right? It's just civil rather than criminal, so there's a weaker standard of proof (preponderance of evidence, instead of beyond reasonable doubt).

This comment shouldn't be construed as support for civil asset forfeiture, I'm just trying to clarify terminology.