Great deep dive. I'd encountered a lot these facts piecemeal, but I don't think I've seen something putting it together like this. Thanks for putting this all together.
"Fun" fact: New Mexico actually ended civil forfeiture a while back. And the cops in Albuquerque refused to acknowledge or follow the law for three years.
Dang! I am going to assume they went with the good ol excuse of Federal Law Supersedes state and local blah blah blah
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