▲ 246 ▼ ‘Didn’t State Who He Was’: Federal Drug Agents Seize Millions from Passengers at Atlanta Airport While Posing as Regular Travelers In Plainclothes In ‘Cold Consent Encounters’ (news.yahoo.com) submitted 2 years ago by jordanlund@lemmy.world to c/thepoliceproblem@lemmy.world 45 comments fedilink hide all child comments
[–] anemoia_one@lemmynsfw.com 37 points 2 years ago (1 child) must prove in court that their money isn’t connected to drug trafficking or other illegal activity Ah yes, the cornerstone of US law, “guilty until proven innocent” permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [+] pedro@lemm.ee -31 points 2 years ago (3 children) Generally I would agree with you on that but here aren't they already guilty of moving large cash amounts without any sort of authorization? (I don't know if it's legal or not to transport that much cash in the US) permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 6 child comments replies: [–] winterayars@sh.itjust.works 17 points 2 years ago (1 child) It is legal to carry any amount of cash in the US, as far as i'm aware. The main risk is that the cops will just steal it from you and then there's no realistic recourse. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] pedro@lemm.ee 2 points 2 years ago Thanks for actually answering instead of just downvoting my question! permalink fedilink source parent [–] AA5B@lemmy.world 5 points 2 years ago It’s perfectly legal in the US to carry any amount of cash, but …… asset forfeiture has turned into a situation where if police assume it was used for a crime, they can steal it from you without actually proving there was a crime committed. While I can see that in a lot of cases large amounts of cash are related to crimes, there are also plenty of cases where that’s not true. More importantly it’s a workaround for your Constitutional protections that should be illegal as hell permalink fedilink source parent [+] cybersandwich@lemmy.world 1 point 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) [deleted] permalink fedilink source parent
[+] pedro@lemm.ee -31 points 2 years ago (3 children) Generally I would agree with you on that but here aren't they already guilty of moving large cash amounts without any sort of authorization? (I don't know if it's legal or not to transport that much cash in the US) permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 6 child comments replies: [–] winterayars@sh.itjust.works 17 points 2 years ago (1 child) It is legal to carry any amount of cash in the US, as far as i'm aware. The main risk is that the cops will just steal it from you and then there's no realistic recourse. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] pedro@lemm.ee 2 points 2 years ago Thanks for actually answering instead of just downvoting my question! permalink fedilink source parent [–] AA5B@lemmy.world 5 points 2 years ago It’s perfectly legal in the US to carry any amount of cash, but …… asset forfeiture has turned into a situation where if police assume it was used for a crime, they can steal it from you without actually proving there was a crime committed. While I can see that in a lot of cases large amounts of cash are related to crimes, there are also plenty of cases where that’s not true. More importantly it’s a workaround for your Constitutional protections that should be illegal as hell permalink fedilink source parent [+] cybersandwich@lemmy.world 1 point 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) [deleted] permalink fedilink source parent
[–] winterayars@sh.itjust.works 17 points 2 years ago (1 child) It is legal to carry any amount of cash in the US, as far as i'm aware. The main risk is that the cops will just steal it from you and then there's no realistic recourse. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] pedro@lemm.ee 2 points 2 years ago Thanks for actually answering instead of just downvoting my question! permalink fedilink source parent
[–] pedro@lemm.ee 2 points 2 years ago Thanks for actually answering instead of just downvoting my question! permalink fedilink source parent
[–] AA5B@lemmy.world 5 points 2 years ago It’s perfectly legal in the US to carry any amount of cash, but …… asset forfeiture has turned into a situation where if police assume it was used for a crime, they can steal it from you without actually proving there was a crime committed. While I can see that in a lot of cases large amounts of cash are related to crimes, there are also plenty of cases where that’s not true. More importantly it’s a workaround for your Constitutional protections that should be illegal as hell permalink fedilink source parent
[+] cybersandwich@lemmy.world 1 point 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) [deleted] permalink fedilink source parent