If you’re considering taking a drive with a bunch of cash in your car soon, you might want to check out the above clip from Last Week Tonight all about civil asset forfeiture, a policy cops use to get away with taking citizens’ property and money – or as they call it, a way to buy “toys” like kegs of beer and margarita machines with “pennies from heaven.” At the end of the clip, John Oliver even imagines a hit new cop drama called Law & Order: Civil Asset Forfeiture Unit featuring a couch that gets arrested, a house that gets frisked, and a cameo by the one and only Jeff Goldblum (watch his outtakes below):
‘Last Week Tonight’ Explains Why Police Can Seize Your Stuff Through Civil Forfeiture
