In a spasm of anti-Trump fever, Congress actually did something good it has refused to do for years! And this time it was because they hate the administration, not because they love the Constitution. Whatever, score another one for Trump!
Civil Asset Forfeiture was originally a RICO tool that effectively defunds organized crime. It is still used for that, but it is also used as a means of depriving ordinary, Joe Blow Citizens of their money and property.
I submit for your review the outrageous case of Motel Caswel in Tewksbury, Mass.
I'm compelled to warn you that the Hotel Caswel is not one cop with too much time on his or her hands. This is not one cop who should be retrained on every weekend for his or her's entire career. No, this is an entire task force of law enforcement agencies and POST'ed officers who indulged themselves.
Now, we have Jeff Sessions again attempting to seize and arrest his way out of our current mess.
http://reason.com/blog/2017/09/12/house-approves-amendments-to-block-sessi