Lots of reform on civil asset forfeiture in Michigan in recent years
We had a case a few years ago where a young man, 18-19, was stopped with $30K in cash (I may have the number wrong but it was around that amount). The police seized the cash because they suspected it was involved in drug crimes- no evidence mind you other than it was a lot of money and their bias led them to believe a young man would not have that type of money.
The cash was actually to take to the auto-auction in Shreveport to buy cars for his grandfather's used car lot that he was giving to his grandson (or something like that) and cash transactions are normal for small town used car lots.
It took him about 6 months and thousands of dollars in legal fees to get his money back.
He was never charged or even suspected of a crime, no investigation on the police's part, nothing on his record, but it didn't matter.
Other cases recently were worse. In NY a few years ago, police were stopping people on the street, taking expensive watches and even smaller amounts of cash all using the civil asset forfeiture excuse.