[MadeInAmerica]

Why are they emptying their pockets without a search warrant? Likely something here I'd completely agree with you about.

My point is that I don't connect the dots on bad cops = legalize drugs, which is what seemed to be getting advocated. Completely separate issues. If drugs are legalized, the bad cop issue still isn't addressed.
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Oh, I don't condone legalizing drugs in any way shape or form. My problem is the way they are allowed to sieze property and the citized has to "prove" it is gotten by legal means later in court. Large sums of cash carried by people...to authorities that means only drug money.

As for illegal search, when pulled over in certain areas, all they need is probable cause and they can rip your vehicle apart if they choose. Large sums of cash to them is probable cause. They just ask about drugs, weapons, large sums of cash, etc.

[SampleMan]

I completely concur with you on the searches.

[abbi_normal_2]

As for illegal search, when pulled over in certain areas, all they need is probable cause and they can rip your vehicle apart if they choose. Large sums of cash to them is probable cause. They just ask about drugs, weapons, large sums of cash, etc
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Actually they don't even need that.

Our family had a member pulled over and the first thing the officer said was "where's the money". No pretense of a traffic violation.

A large sum was in the vehicle for a heavy equipment purchase. That was quite the eye opening experience. They can tell somehow that you have large amounts of cash.

The officer was in a van and had some way of knowing about the money. Those that wish to can make cracks about tin foil but it happened and it sure wasn't a joke to me.

It came out ok for us - the money wasn't taken. But it could have been had the police not been reasonable. He even said as much. That's way too much power in police hands for me.