I'm curious if any of the police officers behind the seizures could be sued as personally liable when no charges are brought. There has been a possibility of l

I'm curious if any of the police officers behind the seizures could be sued as personally liable when no charges are brought. There has been a possibility of lawsuits against law enforcement officials for denial of civil rights under color of law for a long time. And, indeed, some of the worst practices of the past have been corrected by such lawsuits. The civil forfeiture cases that have become so commonplace in recent years are a new (and, in my opinion, aberrational) practice that does need to be rolled back a lot, and lawsuits will be one part of the toolkit for doing that. http://ij.org/action-post/seize-first-ask-questions-later-philadelphia-police-take-over-6-million-a-year-in-civil-asset-forfeiture/ http://ij.org/action-post/seize-first-ask-questions-later-ph... https://www.aclu.org/issues/criminal-law-reform/reforming-police-practices/asset-forfeiture-abuse https://www.aclu.org/issues/criminal-law-reform/reforming-po... https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/tim-walberg-an-end-to-the-abuse-of-civil-forfeiture/2014/09/04/e7b9d07a-3395-11e4-9e92-0899b306bbea_story.html https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/tim-walberg-an-end-t...