One less thing I have to worry about.
Not the brightest bulb in the chandelier, but I don't see what crime he committed.
Cash can be evidence of a crime, but not a crime in itself. Until now.
Madness, this decision.
What, have we done away with the Due Process clause these days?
Lets hope they win on appeal.
He must not have had a refrigerator in his vehicle or his name was not Jefferson or he was not a congressman or some other good reason like that.
A fool and his money are soon departed.
A federal appeals court has has ruled that if a motorist is carrying large sums of money, it is automatically subject to confiscation. In, "United States of America v. $124,700 in U.S. Currency,"
Sure, but we shouldn't suspect a congressman with $90,000 in his freezer.
Is he here legally since he doesn't speak English according to another article on the subject?
What if the guy had a debit card that gave him access to an account containing $124,700 in U.S. Currency. Is that a crime too?
Well, the rule of thumb applies. If you have less than $50 cash on you, you can be taken up for vagrancy. If you have more than $100, it can be confiscated as "drug proceeds."
This is your criminal justice system on drugs.
Any questions?
This is nothing less than theft by the police. They stole this money since it had no relation to a crime.
If someone wants to buy with cash that that is their right. This is worse that the Soviet Union
The way it works is that the money is arrested, not the person. Money has no rights under the law, so it can't be given due process. Generally, amounts in excess of $10,000 are subject to confiscation. The courts have upheld this as reasonable in fighting the war on drugs. In order to get your money back, you must prove that it was not used in a crime, so the burden of proof is reversed. This policy has been most notoriously abused in the great state of Louisiana (anyone surprised?). The war on personal property rights continues...
Had Gomez tossed $124,700 into a Garden State Parkway tollbooth, he would now be Corzine's Attorney General.
They just take the money away
sounds exactly like Zimbabwe
Freedom is not free. We're just getting closer to paying the next installment, it seems.
He was on his way to pay his taxes.......
Would this qualify for your ping list?
Unreal that someone should have to worry about the police in the USA confiscating his money. What ever happened to them having to prove that it was for something illegal (innocent until proven guilty)? I understand the problem with illegal activity, but for cryin' out loud, they should have a better reason that suspicion just because other criminals do it. I wonder just how much it's going to cost this guy in legal fees to get the money back?
How exactly does an inanimate object commit a crime?
I'd break out the roflcopter but it ain't a laughing matter.