Oh, fer pete’s sake, people. There is a difference between seizure and forfeiture. Yes, the money was seized. And I don’t have a problem with that in light of the questions raised. Hows about we wait for an investigation into whose money it is before we get our knickers in a knot.
Did you read your own link? "the DEA sent Brown a civil forfeiture notice in October, informing her they intended to keep the cash"
Because it ain’t right for government, at any level, to take one’s property without proof a crime. One of those Bill of Rights thing, kinda like amendment 2.
Per the article, the feds sent her a letter stating that they were keeping the money citing the broad language of the forfeiture law.