Posted on 06/08/2016 12:14:51 PM PDT by MarchonDC09122009
Oklahoma Highway Patrol Uses New Device To Seize Money Used During The Commission Of - News9.com
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Posted: Jun 07, 2016 5:57PM CDT Aaron Brilbeck, News 9
You may have heard of civil asset forfeiture.
That's where police can seize your property and cash without first proving you committed a crime; without a warrant and without arresting you, as long as they suspect that your property is somehow tied to a crime.
Now, the Oklahoma Highway Patrol has a device that also allows them to seize money in your bank account or on prepaid cards.
It's called an ERAD, or Electronic Recovery and Access to Data machine, and state police began using 16 of them last month.
Here's how it works. If a trooper suspects you may have money tied to some type of crime, the highway patrol can scan any cards you have and seize the money.
"We're gonna look for different factors in the way that you're acting, Oklahoma Highway Patrol Lt. John Vincent said. We're gonna look for if there's a difference in your story. If there's someway that we can prove that you're falsifying information to us about your business."
If a person is innocent of a crime, then he is not a suspect." - Ed Meese
In this case, the process is the punishment.
That Civil Asset Forfeiture is a fraudulent racket.
The ERAD program has now been terminated due to public backlash. The DPS commish was obviously annoyed at the announcement, but it is now dead. Yay OK.
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