Soon we will be arrested for possession of CASH!
“Prove it’s yours.”
I was once told by a cop that they weren’t actually seizing cash, they were just “Holding it for you.”
Cops are addicted to the war on drugs.
Arresting people gets into all that nasty reading of rights and just cause. It is much easier to just take the cash and claim it was used for drugs.
Police departments in some areas are nothing more than legalized theft operations. Whether it is by the speed trap or just the outright armed robbery of civil forfeiture, there are just some areas you shouldn't go through.
In my opinion, property should not be taken unless the owner was convicted and the property was proved to be either the fruit of the crime or the instrument of the crime. If there is a fine, it should be in the legally permitted dollar amount and should not be tied to any specific piece of property. Also, it should be put into the government's general fund so the police don't have any incentive to boost their budget by boosting civil forfeitures.