The FBI Seized Heirlooms, Coins, and Cash From Hundreds of Safe Deposit Boxes in Beverly Hills, Despite Knowing 'Some' Belonged to 'Honest Citizens'

https://reason.com ^ | ERIC BOEHM | 5.10.2021 10:15 AM

[pepsi_junkie]

As the FBI morphs into a criminal secret police organization in front of our eyes, why do none of the agents say a single word? The culture inside those walls must be utterly rotten, they all seem to accept fabricating evidence, using technicalities to access material they are not legally entitled to, and lying to courts to get surveillance on people they know committed no crimes. It's all fine with all of them.

Mind boggling that NONE of them seem to mind this.

[Iceclimber58]

I thought the CDC was a government agency. The CDC Foundation was not.

[Red Badger]

Seems to me to be a 4th amendment violation any way you look at it. Anything they seized, even illegal drugs, cannot be used as evidence because the warrant stipulated that the contents of customers boxes were exempt............. PLUS I’m sure the company kept records of whose box was whose, else they wouldn’t get their rent money................

[matthew fuller]

Sum Ting Wong here- not only wrong, but makes no sense- Beverly Hills is probably 95% far, far left.....

[Reno89519]

I think the challenge is more than just having this used as evidence, the problem is having the personal possessions returned. Though, I guess, there is a problem if there are illegal drugs, the government cannot realistically return them to their owners. And for those owners that store legit and non-legit items, it is likely uncomfortable to ask for the return of those legit items.

[aMorePerfectUnion]

Worth storing some wealth in a different Int’l legal jurisdiction, so that the US gov can’t simply seize it. They have to follow rules and prove it to a court.

[Red Badger]

Customer: Yes, I had my grandmother’s diamond necklace, seven gold and ruby rings, 5 silver rings and a kilo of cocaine.................

[SkyDancer]

Well we have the Gestapo (the IRS) now we have the SS (the FBI) - who or what is next?

[Red Badger]

US Marshal Service...............

[SkyDancer]

There is that too - perhaps the SD?

[TexasGator]

“Employees of defendant [U.S. Private Vaults] would conduct counter surveillance of the neighborhood and warn customers when they observed law enforcement,” the indictment said. If employees figured out the cops were on to them, “they would attempt to warn the customer, delay law enforcement, or even remove all but a nominal amount of cash from the box for the customer, to prevent law enforcement from discovering and seizing the bulk of the cash.”

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[Magnatron]

There is no government entity more deserving of complete dismantlement than the Federal Bureau of Investigation.

What a nest of total corruption.

[MercyFlush]

In 2020 Beverly Hills went hard to the right and supported Trump/Pence over the Potato and the low born gutter slut.

https://bhrentersalliance.org/2020/11/election-2020-beverly-hills-moves-right/

[TexasGator]

I just put in a claim for the box containing $1 million in $100 bills!

[Red Badger]

ANd the Secret Service...............

[Osage Orange]

burgled.............

[Red Badger]

The Federal Burglary Institute.....................

[Osage Orange]

Which Clinton?

[SuperLuminal]

Before returning the stolen [roperty, every box user must be checked for;

• Voting record;
• Facebook & twitter & FR postings;
• Race;
• Gun ownership; and,
• Gender designation preferences...

[Osage Orange]

Whole lot of other names you have left out................