Arbitrary seizures by law enforcement are nothing less than legalized armed robbery.
Period.
I have recently carried large sums of cash from the sale of, or for the purchase of, a car. For private sales people don’t take checks, even bank checks which are easily faked. Once you have signed the title, the car is gone, so cash is a must.
It has occurred to me that if I am stopped, as the law currently stands, the money can be taken even if I am never charged with or convicted of a crime. From what I’ve read, it is practically impossible to get your money back.
My only problem with Trump.
The forth amendment is key for the rule of law.
You want my stuff, take it legally.
Take it back by raiding their pension funds and reducing the pensions of the involved criminals in blue.
Yup - Utah cops stealing money and laundering it through the feds. Disgusting.
NYC cops seize stuff and it goes to their pension. Talk about a incentive.
Start slamming cops into prison for this crap.
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Funny how that works - if a guy has a lot of cash, the dog "alerts" on his car even if no drugs are found.
These are nothing more than modern .gov highwaymen, dressed up in colorful klown garb and shiny badges, all done to fool the sheeple, ripping them off.
“Under UHP’s vision of the statute, state agencies can seize property under state law, ignore state law protections by turning the seizure over to the federal government without a court ordered transfer, and then receive the proceeds back with no strings attached, cleansed by federal forfeiture proceedings. At best this resembles forum shopping and, at worst, money laundering.”
How is that even possible?
The authoritarian mind will stop at nothing to stop others from pursuing happiness.
The ‘rest of the story’...
“...Lynda Viti, who argued the case on behalf of the UHP, said Savely’s number was plugged into a database and it came up as being under investigation by the DEA.
An attorney representing the DEA also argued to the court that the feds did have jurisdiction over the money — not the state.
Mark Burns, the director of the Utah Attorney General’s Highways and Utilities division, insisted the state would not get a cut, nor did it try to break the law.
“We had a federal court seizure warrant that was in place and the Highway Patrol wanted to make sure they were not in violation of,” he told FOX 13. “We didn’t have a stake in the outcome. We just wanted to make sure we were complying with the order of the court.” “
I think his beef is with the feds.
I think he was lucky this time and should get his dope money back.
Maybe they’ll catch him with the goods next time.
Asset forfeiture is a great evil all across this land. All parties participating are nothing but thieves with badges, and should be dealt with accordingly.