LEGALIZED THEFT: Stop and seize: Aggressive police take hundreds of millions of dollars from motorists not charged with crimes. “A thriving subculture of road officers on the network now competes to see who can seize the most cash and contraband, describing their exploits in the network’s chat rooms and sharing ‘trophy shots’ of money and drugs. Some police advocate highway interdiction as a way of raising revenue for cash-strapped municipalities.”

All money received by law enforcement — via fines, or whatever — should go to the state or federal general fund. Letting them keep it gives them an incentive to act as predators. In my opinion, the corrupting effect is sufficient to be a due process violation in itself.