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These Sisters Tried To Start a Business. Police Seized Their Cash and Accused Them of Being Drug Traffickers
Reason ^ | 11.7.2022 | C.J. CIARAMELLA

Posted on 11/09/2022 3:15:29 PM PST by nickcarraway

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1 posted on 11/09/2022 3:15:29 PM PST by nickcarraway
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“civil forfeiture,” the bastard progeny of the War on Drugs.


2 posted on 11/09/2022 3:18:41 PM PST by hinckley buzzard ( Resist the narrative)
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"They said they smelled marijuana on the money," Vera Ward says. "We don't smoke. It's not plausible since my sister and I aren't around it."

I cannot stand marijuana, I find its smell nauseating. But it is legal here in Arizona and half the rest of the country. Money circulates all over the country, too. Lame excuse by the cops.
3 posted on 11/09/2022 3:20:13 PM PST by Dr. Sivana (What was 35% of the Rep. Party is now 85%. And it’s too late to turn back—Mac Stipanovich )
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Allows police to seize and KEEP money for the police department.


4 posted on 11/09/2022 3:20:22 PM PST by Roadrunner383 (;)
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W T H????
5 posted on 11/09/2022 3:23:06 PM PST by rockabyebaby (THE BEST IS YET TO COME - (PRESIDENT DONALD J. TRUMP))
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It’s the only part of the war on drugs that Rat Party Headquarters supports.


6 posted on 11/09/2022 3:23:32 PM PST by Gay State Conservative (I Miss Jimmy Carter)
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To: nickcarraway

A violation of the 4th, 5th, 8th, and 14th Amendments. Hopefully, our conservative Supreme Court will ban civil forfeiture.


7 posted on 11/09/2022 3:24:27 PM PST by thegagline (Sic semper tyrannis )
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Thank you, Richard Nixon and his democrat cronies...


8 posted on 11/09/2022 3:25:16 PM PST by SuperLuminal (Where is the next Sam Adams when we so desperatly need him)
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No use complaining. Dems are in control and are not going to stop stealing citizens’ money.

Anyone who voted dem is responsible for this.


9 posted on 11/09/2022 3:27:32 PM PST by I want the USA back (Our news media isn't worth camel spit. Neither is the democrat party. )
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To: hinckley buzzard

Another Bush legacy.


10 posted on 11/09/2022 3:29:18 PM PST by HYPOCRACY (This is the dystopian future we've been waiting for!)
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This is how local police departments all along I-40 make their budget and bonus and as much else as they can cover.

Who knows how much money they confiscate and how much of it actually gets reported?

Terrifying.


11 posted on 11/09/2022 3:29:35 PM PST by Sequoyah101
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Reagan actually.


12 posted on 11/09/2022 3:30:29 PM PST by Fuzz
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“We had to prove we weren’t criminals.”

Guilty until proven innocent.

Wonder who they pissed off?


13 posted on 11/09/2022 3:30:34 PM PST by Texas resident (Who is running our country?)
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I love those youtube videos on airport security and border security.There are some countries that do this at airports...IIRC Britain is one of them and Canada is another.They have dogs trained to sniff currency...and when there's a hit that person is at risk of losing his/her cash.
14 posted on 11/09/2022 3:30:47 PM PST by Gay State Conservative (I Miss Jimmy Carter)
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The sisters had my sympathy before it was mentioned that they were breeding American Bullies. The last thing that anybody needs is more of these dogs. The sisters might not be involved in the drug trade but I’ll bet a lot of their customers are.


15 posted on 11/09/2022 3:31:05 PM PST by CommerceComet ("You know why there's a Second Amendment? In case, the government forgets the first." Rush Limbaugh )
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Never steal money.

The government hates competition.


16 posted on 11/09/2022 3:31:52 PM PST by Dr. Franklin ("A republic, if you can keep it." )
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I read somewhere that a huge share of circulating currency has been exposed to some drug or other. Certainly not proof these ladies did anything wrong.


17 posted on 11/09/2022 3:32:24 PM PST by colorado tanker
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To: Roadrunner383

That was how the NYPD would help fund their pensions, dunno if they still do it that way.


18 posted on 11/09/2022 3:33:21 PM PST by Theoria
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I doubt they smelled pot, just an excuse.

Back in the 60s & 70s, police would say they could see the outline of a joint in someone’s pants pocket as an excuse to search the person, invariably one of those hippy types. Of course a lot of hippy types would be carrying a joint with them, from what I’ve been told.

Anyway, judges tended to accept the officer’s word as probable cause for the search.


19 posted on 11/09/2022 3:35:08 PM PST by Roadrunner383 (;)
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Yes and the per rock of the stupid old man that Donald Trump made Attorney General


20 posted on 11/09/2022 3:36:50 PM PST by robowombat
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