they say its almost impossible to get your money back after police seizures, and theres alot of cases being brought to light now. This is a big problem in the US right now.

http://www.washingtonpost.com/news/t...feiture-abuse/

According to the article, it will be a lot harder for local and state police to use federal law to seize assets. Not sure if this will help the poker players' lawsuit (if it's still ongoing)

Only an idiot keeps that kind of money on them if acquired legally.

Being an idiot is not against the law.

And cops have been using these laws all around the country to also seize small dollar amounts, including amounts smart people would carry.

Sigh

New News:

Attorney General limits police ability to seize assets He limits seized-asset sharing process that split billions with local, state police


Attorney General Eric H. Holder Jr. on Friday barred local and state police from using federal law to seize cash, cars and other property without warrants or criminal charges.

The decision follows a Washington Post investigation published in September...

The Post found that local and state police routinely pulled over drivers for minor traffic infractions, pressed them to agree to warrantless searches and seized large amounts of cash without evidence of wrongdoing. The law allows such seizures and forces the owners to prove their property was legally acquired in order to get it back.

Source: http://www.washingtonpost.com/invest...ddc_story.html

Yeah they should be able to appeal and get 100% of their money back with Eric Holder's decision..

They'll just use state law, worthless statement is worthless.

In Iowa's case pretty much this.
https://www.ij.org/asset-forfeiture-report-iowa

Even if I don't have anything illegal I would never let a cop search my car. It's none of their business what is inside. I think you have to let them search the car though or they impound it which is bull****. They had no reason to pull this guy over, they just used him not signaling as an "excuse" to pull him over. The cop wanted to pull him over before he "failed to signal" so I don't think that should be justified. Seems kind of twisted. The cops reasoning was he had a "red car" which is such a dumb excuse.

Ever since 9/11 Fascism has been on a rise in the USA.
Sadly, the vast majority of our american friends took the blue pill long ago so at this point it's probably too late to do anything about it other then moving to other country.
Actually, that might not be enough, to really break the shackles you would need to change your nationality.

You have the wrong war. The current spate of civil forfeiture was part of the War on Drugs. There's a brief history here. Probably also on wikipedia.

We've been trading a little freedom for a little security for much longer than you think.

Is that right Benny Franklin! I hope that's is not a secret for most people.

This is an old case, not to mention they were given the cash back. (minus legal fees)

Recently Eric Holder has changed civil asset forfeiture law.

Do you have any news or court sources that say they got the money back? the only thing I can find are news stories from last October about the case being filed.

They got about 90% back and are suing for the rest +. I haven't seen an update.

I asked Ron Paul about this on my webcast a couple of months ago:

• http://podcasts.ontiltradio.com/play...ct-27-2014.mp3
• http://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/p...cy/id502875902 (iTunes)

IDK, you could always start with reading the OP's link.

Wow they are the cover story on CNN.com right now:

http://www.cnn.com/2015/01/21/us/ass...res/index.html