Federal Appeals Court Rules Detroit’s Asset Forfeiture Violates Due Process Rights of Drivers

 Federal Appeals Court Rules Detroit’s Asset Forfeiture Violates Due Process Rights of Drivers

A federal circuit judge writes that Detroit’s vehicle seizure scheme “is simply a money-making venture—one most often used to extort money from those who can least afford it.”

A panel of federal appellate judges unanimously ruled Thursday that Detroit’s practice of seizing people’s cars for months at a time before giving them a chance to contest the seizure violates vehicl…