According to the Wikipedia article on Tenaha, TX, a settlement was reached in 2012 with the ACLU where the police now have rigorous rules they have to follow. It is still head-explodingly shocking, but at least it’s not still going on (at least in that one city). This article explains the history a littl: http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/03/22/tennessee-asset-forfeiture_n_2933246.html
