You know how when you travel, youre allowed to bring only so much cash with you? Here’s a better one.
The following quotes are from other cash confiscation articles.
"If you are stopped by police in Volusia County, Florida for a minor traffic violation, it may cost you a lot more than a $100 ticket. If Volusia police stop you on I-95, they ask, “How much cash are you carrying?” If your answer is more than a few hundred dollars, they routinely seize it.
Volusia police say that carrying more cash is “suspicious behavior.” Under current laws, suspicion is all they need to confiscate your property."
“A federal appeals court ruled yesterday that if a motorist is carrying large sums of money, it is automatically subject to confiscation. In the case entitled, “United States of America v. $124,700 in U.S. Currency,” the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit took that amount of cash away from Emiliano Gomez Gonzolez”
"October 1, 1998 - Washington, DC, USA
Legislation introduced in the Senate recently seeks to allow law enforcement to confiscate the money of individuals traveling with more than $10,000 cash.
“This legislation predetermines that anyone possessing large amounts of cash must be a criminal,”
““We’ve been working southbounders for the money and weapons that are going back to Mexico,” says Capt. Ray Escamilla of the Jim Wells County Sheriff’s Office. His office wall is covered with pictures - not of dope busts, but of piles of confiscated cash.”
“We’ve helped the schools [with] cops in school [and] vehicles,” Escamilla says. “I think every year we’ve bought three to four vehicles, all of our equipment, guns, high-powered rifles, all bought with forfeiture funds.”
"In 1989, police stopped 49-year old Ethel Hylton at Houston’s Hobby Airport and told her she was under arrest because a drug dog had scratched at her luggage. Agents searched her bags and strip-searched her. They found no drugs. They did find $39,110 in cash, money she received from an insurance settlement and her life savings. Ms. Hylton had accumulated this money through over 20 years of hard, physical work, as a hotel housekeeper and hospital janitor.
Ethel Hylton completely documented where she got her money. She was never charged with a crime. But police kept her money anyway. Nearly four years later, she has little hope of ever getting her money back."
“In December 1988, Detroit police raided a supermarket to make a drug bust, but did not find any drugs. When police dogs reacted to traces of cocaine on three $1.00 bills in the cash register, they seized the entire contents of the store’s registers and safe, totalling $4,384.”
Honestly, what in the hell is this country turning into? Do they realize that its approaching $100 for people to fill the tank? Myself included, a dry tank is 90+ bucks for me, I may as well carry a 100 to get gas. What about meals at restaurants? Like for a family gathering or even 4-5 people now? It’ll get close to 150-200 bucks. They just TAKE that shit from you for no serious reason?
FUCK
THAT
SHIT!
Europe, Japan, Australia are looking REAL good to me right about now. Since when does having money on your person make you suspicious? This is complete crap! Following that logic, you driving a car means you stole it, so are they gonna just TAKE those too?