Dallas Police Took $106,000 From a Traveler. They Haven't Explained Why.

https://reason.com ^ | JOE LANCASTER | 12.8.2021 3:50 PM

[Vaquero]

Oh yeah. The missing money someone found in the walls.

[edwinland]

The only thing standing between the government and your money is a jury of your peers. When they can circumvent that, you are royally screwed.

[Alas Babylon!]

As the raping hillbilly told Ned Beatty in the movie Deliverance,

"If we want your money, we'll take your money."* .

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*From the Greaseman. I was a DC101 listener back in the 1980s, so I know my Deliverance dialog.

[immadashell]

Civil asset forfeiture is the practice by which law enforcement may take certain goods, including cash, if they are suspected to be tied to criminal activity.

The word “suspected” gives the cops a gigantic opportunity to intimidate anyone they want to and for any reason, legal or illegal, that is convenient. This practice screams ABUSE and needs to be further defined or curtailed altogether.

[Chode]

sure looks like dope money... iirc all US currency now has some kind of drug on it if only trace

[billyboy15]

Look at the denominations of the bills. Mixed in with the 100’s are 20’s, 5’s and even singles.

Bet a ticket to the next NYG Super Bowl this is drug money and she was on her way to a buy.

[Little Ray]

That’s a silly question.
They took it because he had $106K and no honest person carries that much cash.
Right?
Anyone?
Bueller?

[Red Badger]

Years ago, 1970’s, an old house was being demolished. The last owners were a pair of very elderly German immigrant brothers that had lived there since the 1920’s or earlier.

Inside the walls was found old coins and bills by the hundreds. From all over the world, not just USA. Don’t know whatever happened to the money......................

[Red Badger]

Greaseman was a DJ in Jacksonville before DC gig.......................

[immadashell]

In essence, she will have to prove a negative, and she will have to shoulder the costs for doing so, despite having already lost more than $100,000.

All the more reason that in court proceedings involving a governmental entity all costs should be borne by the government which has an unlimited ability to tap its taxing power. Level the playing field!

[Responsibility2nd]

and then Texas legislators should rip out the state's forfeiture laws by the roots.

This has nothing to do with Texas laws. And very little to do with asset forfeiture laws.

But it gets the knee jerkers all agitated. So there's that.

[wardaddy]

So she hadn’t committed a crime yet

It’s ridiculous to confiscate on suspicion

Have you ever dealt with asset forfeiture ....I have

They raided my bank account and held it hostage

I’ve been in line at BNA when the local cops took 7000 cash from a black kid

Just took it and gave him a reciept and told him to call a lawyer

I confronted them and called them goons after cash for their junkets and toys

They didn’t like me

Same cops who’ll go door to door to take your guns

[AppyPappy]

It’s a really odd thing to do and should be easily explainable. But why fly with that much money? Rent a car.

[Red Badger]

Not safe then either. Cops have pulled over out of state motorists, then had dogs sniff the cars, then stole the money.................

[BenLurkin]

“Due process? What’s that?”

[BenLurkin]

“Due process? What’s that?”

[BenLurkin]

“Due process? What’s that?”

[Red Badger]

Do process this money into our bank accounts.......................

[L,TOWM]

Say what you will about cats — they won’t narc on you...

[Vaquero]

Grease man was nationally syndicated in the 90s or early 2000. I listened to him in the evenings I believe.