Federal Appeals Court: Driving With Money is a Crime

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[FreedomCalls]

Ruling source (pdf).

[dsc]

George III looks better every day. We seem to have traded one tyrant 3000 miles away for 3000 tyrants one mile away.

[umgud]

If as stated, this is pure BS! As a matter of fact, I'd prefer no confiscations unless accompanied by a relevant conviction. The WOD has gone too far.

[NYIslander]

This decision is blatantly wrong.

[MadLibDisease]

Does it raise suspicion carrying that kind of cash? Yes. Does it justify the government seizing it? No way in hell. Suspicion is not guilt!

[CindyDawg]

This law has become so abused. When did Judges start ruling on feelings instead of facts?

[A Balrog of Morgoth]

What a crock.

Just a note: Would it be possible to amass $100,000 of cash without some drug residue being on some of the bills. Isn't that physically impossible?

I sure hope I never get a drugsniffing dog sic'd onto my wallet after I've made an ATM withdrawl.

[FreedomCalls]

The police department doing the confiscating gets to keep the money for operating expenses. That's part of the problem too.

[ExSES]

When did Judges start ruling on feelings instead of facts?

When did the first group of humans select one amongst them to settle disputes???

[Bonaparte]

Now, now -- they don't just rule on feelings, they also bring in penumbras and emanations.

[Lurker]

Isn't that physically impossible?

IIRC at one time there was a study in which several bills from several different banks in the Miami area were tested for drugs.

Something like 60% of them tested positive for drug residue.

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[Zon]

[Graybeard58]

I can't find a source right now but I read once that upwards of 90% of all U.S. currency is tainted with drug residue.

[misterrob]

No, it isn't. One tainted dollar bill that makes it's way into an ATM has the potential to taint hundreds of bills. I hears a stat once that said that a substantial amount of the US monetary supply is tainted.

[mysterio]

Absolutely and utterly ridiculous. This judge should be impeached and exiled. The failed war on some drugs zealots must be stopped before they shred our entire Constitution.

[skr]

The Ninth Circuit must be contagious.

[an amused spectator]

What if the Treasury treats all new bills with illegal drugs as part of the manufacture process?

Tin foil?

[Myrddin]

A ridiculous seizure of private property. I'm not surprised the dog alerted. There is lots of cash in circulation with drug residues (cocaine) on it. You may have a $20 bill in your own pocket with such residue at this moment.

The lesson here is to put large sums of money in a bank account and use a wire transfer when the appropriate time comes to transfer it to the intended party. If you do otherwise, the government has decided you are a drug dealer and will confiscate your personal property with no other proof required.

[treffner]

'Stop throwing the Constitution in my face, It’s just a goddamned piece of paper!' G.W. Bush