I agree, although I do not think civil asset forfeiture is specifically used to discourage the use of cash and incentivize people to go electronic, or at least it was not designed with that motive.

Civil asset forfeiture is a power trip by the government that neither political party wants to touch, and it does a great job at reducing trust in the US's governing bodies. When I was a kid, I thought that kind of low level brazen corruption only happened in poorer or less developed countries. Now I get to see my countrymen doing it and admitting to it on video, year after year.

Why does nobody want to touch it? That is what is a mystery to me.

The police unions in this country are powerful. A lot of seized cash is treated as tax-free "bonuses" paid out to officers. Either directly, or indirectly by financing "team building exercises" at a Build Your Own AK Ranch or some shit.

The prosecutors offices get their cut too, so they have an incentive to keep their mouths shut. Everyone else can be bullied into submission.

> A lot of seized cash is treated as tax-free "bonuses" paid out to officers. Either directly…

Is this documented somewhere?

Based on this tweet, no:

https://twitter.com/JodyBarr/status/1440856532959170566?s=20

How is that tweet related to whether the money is paid out to officers?