The Washington Post did a few great stories on this fact. http://www.washingtonpost.com/sf/investigative/2014/10/11/cash-seizures-fuel-police-spending/ http://

The Washington Post did a few great stories on this fact. http://www.washingtonpost.com/sf/investigative/2014/10/11/cash-seizures-fuel-police-spending/ http://www.washingtonpost.com/sf/investigative/2014/10/11/ca... http://www.washingtonpost.com/investigations/highway-seizure-in-iowa-fuels-debate-about-asset-forfeiture-laws/2014/11/10/10f725fc-5ec3-11e4-8b9e-2ccdac31a031_story.html http://www.washingtonpost.com/investigations/highway-seizure... The second link (the Iowa incident) has an ~11 minute video that is a must see, but only if you want to be truly disturbed by how police just dgaf. Additionally, SCOTUS decided Heien v. North Carolina[0] last December in an 8-1 decision for North Carolina. From SCOTUS blog summary: Holding: A police officer’s reasonable mistake of law gives rise to reasonable suspicion that justifies a traffic stop under the Fourth Amendment. [0] http://www.scotusblog.com/case-files/cases/heien-v-north-carolina/ http://www.scotusblog.com/case-files/cases/heien-v-north-car...