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Watch Cops Seize Combat Vet's Life Savings [RARE FOOTAGE]
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Institute for Justice footage of Nevada Highway Patrol troopers seizing the life savings of Stephen Lara, a retired Marine, during a traffic stop under civil forfeiture. The video documents the stop and the case that followed.
HN commenters cite it as a concrete example of police seizing cash from innocent people on flimsy pretexts.
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