Posted on 12/08/2021 2:31:37 PM PST by simpson96
Two local TV news outlets, WFAA and CBS11, picked up a story this week that was first reported on the Dallas Police Department’s Facebook page. On the surface, it reads like a feel-good story: On December 2, an adorable K9 named Ballentine identified a piece of carry-on luggage at Dallas Love Field Airport that contained $100,000 in cash. Police seized the money and posted a photo of the dog with stacks of cash laid out on a table. Good boy. Case closed. But not so fast.
According to the reports, the money belonged to a 25-year-old woman from Chicago, who was neither arrested nor charged with a crime after her luggage was seized by police. So why did the police take the money? Well, according to Texas law, police don’t need a reason to take your property so long as they believe it either has been part of a crime or they believe it will be involved in a crime. That grants law enforcement sweeping powers to basically seize any property they believe is suspicious, even if they don’t have much evidence. The fact that the K9 identified the bag is, in and of itself, not evidence; 90 percent of cash in circulation has been shown to have trace amounts of cocaine.(snip)
Civil forfeiture laws allow law enforcement to seize property without due process.
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Or neither of the above. Without evidence of any drugs, what's the conclusion?
You bet, you guess, you assume.
You are wrong, plain and simple.
The government is not entitled to an explanation for legal activities.
The Golden Rectangle of Government: making two stupid mistakes instead of one, three instead of two, five instead of three, eight instead of five, thirteen … well you know.
You don’t see London or see France until they see your underpants!
What about a hundred thousand and some Necco Wafers?
Indeed, the Court has ruled that doing something legal cannot be simply considered suspicious.
“Then you won’t have all of FR opposing you.”
Only about 5-6. Everyone else has enough common sense to know the 25 year old was a ghetto trash mule up to no good.
“We ate the Necco wafers”.
Classic characters. If only one-note ones.
Bad law regardless....cash is not illegal. Drugs are. Theft pure & simple.
“Everyone else has enough common sense to know the 25 year old was a ghetto trash mule up to no good.”
LOL...don’t see any of them DEFENDING you.
I do not support Civil forfeiture laws under any circumstances but I have purchased cars and boats from private sellers in cash. As I said, banded $10K units is standard issue, and usually uncirculated bills at that.
Nobody travels on business with wads of cash of varying denominations.
Let's see. Spend $25k, and end up retaining $75k of my own money, or do nothing, and end up with $0 of my own money. OK, you've convinced me - ending up with nothing makes good sense to someone like you.
Because they will also be attacked. Just as in woke/cancel culture best just to shut up
A 25 year old girl carrying 100k in cash and cannot explain hoe she got it or what it is for is up to no good
# Someone needs to declare those laws unconstitutional and strike them down. HOWEVER, a 25 year old, female, going to Chicago (bang, bang), flying out of Love Field with 100,000 smackaroonies? That’s gangster money. Is she with BLM?
If the police suspect the money is somehow tainted as to its source, they should have to prove it to a jury. Just saying that the circumstances are unusual is, in no respect, proof of any kind.
# I just don’t understand how the police taking 100k in cash from a person without proving anything is not a violation of the 4th Amendment.
“Drugs” is the root password to the u.s. constitution.
Nope.
Far, far from that simple.
All sorts of administrative time limits to meet, legal standards to meet, and she has to prove she is not guilty.
First thing she needs to do is hire an attorney, and get the proper pleadings into court, on the often short time limits allowed.
There are considerable differences by state, and Texas looks to be one of the least restrictive on allowing the police to keep the money.
My knowledge is a bit dated, so if there is someone current on Texas law, please chime in.
Sorry, but you’re going to have to post the link to the story you read where the woman was actually interviewed and could not give any info as to what the money was for. That tid-bit wasn’t in this story. I didn’t see it anyway.
She could be fighting like crazy to get that money back right now. I don’t know.
This same thing happened to an older gent who had $28,000 taken from him in New Orleans. He was going to use the money to buy a tow truck. Cops took it. He’s black. Do you think all black men who carry large sums of money are drug runners too?
“Do you think all black men who carry large sums of money are drug runners too?”
99.999% are.
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