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Back in 1994 I got pulled over on the way home after picking up an eighth of an ounce of weed. Wasnt smoking it but of course this pig could smell it so he searched my car and found it in the center console. First fucking question out of his mouth was "is this car paid for". That was all he cared about. I ended up getting a ticket for the weed and they took my car, which was worth around 2 grand. I ended up getting the summons for the weed dropped as the judge called it an illegal search. Think I got my car back? Hell no. Forfeitures are a civil matter and have nothing to do with criminal charges and the judge told me he was powerless as far as that went and I would have to try to get it back in civil court. My Attorney told me it would cost as much as the car was worth to try to get it back and there was no guarantee. Forfeiture laws have turned law enforcement into legal thieves.
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