"No person shall be....deprived of life, liberty, or property, without due process of law; nor shall private property be taken for public use, without just compensation." (The Fifth Amendment to the U.S. Constitution)
The Federals and the city should be required to prove that the cash confiscated by them from the private citizen in question was, in fact, "made" through illegal activities.
Seems to me that the LEO and prosecutors should have to prove the money was proceeds from some criminal enterprise or some other nefarious goings-on.
This is reprehensible. It is offensive on so many levels.
Give the guy back his money. Stop screwing around with him. Just because some bureaucrat thinks no one can accumulate a little pile of bucks honestly...
“The Federals and the City should be reqiered to prove that the cash consficated.....was, in fact “made” through illegal activities.
You have hit the nail on the head! It’s worth repeating and
my Congressman Ron Paul would do better trying to prevent Constitutional abuses such as this than wasting his time in his hopeless Presidential race.