[DannyTN]

No the program was created to try to contain stupid.

The odds are this guy was involved in the drug trade and should be rotting in Levenworth for the next 50 years. My guess is the officers had inside or NSA information before they ever stopped him.

But constitutional rights and due process of law should apply. Because if they can seize property from a drug user without court oversight or due process, then they can seize it from you and me too.

[JRandomFreeper]

I sometimes have as much as $20K on me and I'm certainly not involved in the drug trade.

I'm glad that you grudgingly admit that the Constitution should apply.

Congress has no Constitutional mandate to 'contain stupid'.

/johnny

[Altariel]

The odds are that the officers involved likely have committed more crimes than their victim.

No crime was committed, therefore, the money was not theirs to take.

Police today are taking a page out of the Sheriff of Nottingham’s playbook.