When 65% of the amount that the headline uses came from Toyota and Bernie Madoff [1], I&#x27;m not sure that this article actually supports that conclusion.  Reasonable people can debate whether Toyota should have paid $1.2 billion for the unintended acceleration debacle, but it&#x27;s not in any material way related to being a police state.  I&#x27;m not sure that reasonable people can debate whether Bernie Madoff should have disgorged his ill-gained profits, but it represents $1.7 billion of the $4.5 billion total.  Taking from Madoff is hardly gangland material.<p>[1] <a href="http:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.thecrimereport.org&#x2F;news&#x2F;crime-and-justice-news&#x2F;2015-11-civil-asset-forfeiture-report" rel="nofollow">http:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.thecrimereport.org&#x2F;news&#x2F;crime-and-justice-news&#x2F;20...</a> -- Linked from the link.