[ltc8k6]

The markers are useless anyway.

[driftdiver]

Shelbyville! I think I see the problem.

[billorites]

I remember cash.

Haven't carried it in years. I put a few coins in my pocket before leaving the house in case I want to use a vending machine.

A recent trip to Europe was the first time I had more than the equivalent of $20 on my person.

[OB1kNOb]

Lorenzo may have more than $50 in his pocket before this is over.

[nuconvert]

Stupid headline

[muir_redwoods]

Similarly, as stupid as this is, police all over rhe county regularly arrest people for actions clearly marked as legal under the second amendment.

[jimmygrace]

Did it have Grant or Chief Wiggum on the face

[tobyhill]

Even more unusual than the fact that the bills are still out there is that someone actually chooses to use them.

[Sirius Lee]

Just Uncle Fed conditioning the serfs to accept the Mark o' the Beast. When people are allowed to carry cash, why they can go just about anywhere and buy anything, but if you have to run your card or your tattoo through a scanner, well, the folks who run the system can track your every more and shut you down for whatever reason is politically expedient.

Maybe Uncle Fed doesn't want you buying any more Micky D burgers. Maybe Uncle Fed wants you to eat ONLY Micky D burgers. The built-in capacity for tyranny and abuse is a 100% guarantee that it will be used to control the serfs.

[Vaquero]

Haaaaa

the gas stations around here are all owned and run by Muzzies(thanks Clinton, Bush and zer0bama)

one day a few years back I paid for a tankful and one of the $20s was the old style with the SMALL portrait of Jackson on it...Achmed looked at it and said to me “No...No good boss...this bill is no good, here ...gimme another bill, I wont turn you in this time...”

you cant make this crap up.

[uncommonsense]

Good grief. Wonder who’d be breaking down my door if I used a silver certificate.

[Above My Pay Grade]

Forgetting for a moment, that the bill was real, is it normal for the police to arrest a person who tries to spend a single counterfeit bill, with no evidence that is was intentional? With all the funny money floating around, I’m sure nearly everyone has inadvertantly passed a bad bill at some point and doesn’t know it.

Unless the person has a wallet or briefcase full of counterfeits, or a prior record of passing counterfeit currency, it would seem to make more sense to confiscate the bill, ask a few questions to see if they seem suspicious, get their name and address for potential, further investigation, and send them on their way.

[LucyT]

A year or two ago, there was an article about a man arrested after trying to pay for a small item with a two dollar bill. Eventually, the mistake was rectified, but as I recall, the hapless man spent a few nights in jail.

[lowbridge]

“But a police evidence technician told the arresting officer that some old bills don’t react to the markers”

It’s ok. It’s confederate money.

[A. Patriot]

I have read of people threatened with arrest for using $2 bills.

[nathanbedford]

Too bad the incident did not occur in Arizona where the Justice Department has admonished the local police not to enforce federal law because it has been "preempted."

Or maybe states are like pigs and other animals with some being more equal and some laws more preempted.

[mikey_hates_everything]

Why are local police concerned with counterfeit money, a federal felony? Why don’t they enforce all of the other federal laws? Such as immigration?

[Brandonmark]