The thieves are considering an appeal. It will still be in court for some time.

I remember when these type of laws we enacted..if I remember correctly in the late 80's. They looked like a disaster and they are. I just can't believe they can take things even when there is no arrest much less a conviction. How can this be?

I'll read the thread, maybe I'll understand better. I just can't believe it's legal for them to do that!

I'll check out the link too...

Edited to add:

Hicks said in his decision that the traffic stops in 2013 violated Gorman’s Fourth Amendment rights and were not conducted with “independent reasonable suspicion.

“No matter how this can be viewed, the two stops were for minor traffic violations and they both were extended beyond the legitimate purposes for such traffic stops,” Hicks wrote.

The second stop wouldn’t have happened if information from the first stop had not been “relayed” by troopers, Hicks explained.

He said Gorman is entitled to lawyers fees from the government and invited a motion seeking compensation.

At least with non-cop highway robbers there's hope of bringing them to justice.

This was nothing more than armed robbery.

The reasoning behind traveling around with $167,000 in cash may be obscure, but if it was the guy's money legitimately, and a bunch of armed thugs took it from him, it doesn't matter if they were wearing badges or not.

cops' department. They use it to buy cars, helmets, weapons, and a margarita machine.
I wish I was kidding about that last one.

... specifically forbade any further imposition of civil forfeiture laws because of gross abuse. They shouldn't even exist in the first place because they are blatantly unconstitutional and deprive victims of due process. But the majority of police believe they are above the law, and that all of us are guilty of something, so fucking us over is no more than we probably deserve.

This is what happens when ignorance, malice, and deceit are revered, as they are on Pox News, and sociopaths are allowed, nay, ENCOURAGED, to take positions of power.

The really sad part is that there are actually people foolish enough to believe you can reason with such people. You can't. They are monsters, and, like Dylann Roof, they deserve no forgiveness.