>>www.washingtonpost.com/news/wonk/wp/2015/12/23/the-feds-just-shut-down-a-huge-program-that-lets-cops-take-your-stuff-and-keep-it/
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>>Good news I think.
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>I think so, too, though something I saw indicated it wasn't necessarily a permanent shutdown.

Somehow the whole idea of "asset forfeiture" reminds me of the Dire Straits' line "we have legalized robbery". No due process, no burden of proof, just having cash in your car is enough? And often it doesn't matter that you've just sold something large (another car, perhaps) and went to pick up the payment, with sales contract with signatures etc - nope, it's enough that the robbers don't like your face.

If that's not police state, I don't know what is.