Radley Balko: Another Civil Asset Forfeiture Outrage

Tactics of the profiteers.    The Des Moines Register has the story of William “Bart” Davis and John Newmer­zhycky, two gamblers who had more than $100,000 seized from them after they were pulled over by Iowa state police. Davis and Newmer­zhycky were westbound on Interstate Highway 80 in Poweshiek County on the morning of April 15,   ... MORE