Yeah, I cited the white HN craigslist car buyer as a kind of 'it can happen to even us!!'abberation. Probably 99% of civil forfeitures are seized from black/hispanic people.
E.g., yes, "those they (police) think they can get away with" but not "those who have a lot of assets to forfeit".
I think most of the cases I've read about on this site were like (non-white) people flying with, say, $25,000 (and who could credibly claim that was roughly their total liquid net worth).
It is possible for 99% of civil asset forfeitures to happen to minorities AND for 99% of minorities to not have to deal with them.
Also, If you are a minority, and the police stop you while driving, you are probably more worried about other things like police violence, than civil asset forfeiture (this doesn't excuse civil asset forfeiture ofc)
E.g., yes, "those they (police) think they can get away with" but not "those who have a lot of assets to forfeit".
I think most of the cases I've read about on this site were like (non-white) people flying with, say, $25,000 (and who could credibly claim that was roughly their total liquid net worth).