That was in the 1990s, when the future Ann Arbor state senator was still a U-M undergrad. But civil assets forfeitures—police agencies seizing property they believe was involved in drug dealing and other crimes—were still happening frequently in Michigan when Irwin was elected to the Michigan House of Representatives in the 2010s. In 2013, local…

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