[Harmless Teddy Bear]

I am about to commit "TV Cop show mentality" sacrilege. I don't care if it was drug money.

What I do care about is that the police are taking upon themselves the authority to do something like this.

And I have become more afraid of an out of control government then I am of criminals. The criminals I can defend against.

And taking a lawful item from someone because it "might" be involved in a crime without a warrant or even enough probable cause to arrest the person is not ok.

[trebb]

I agree, but there are laws about taking large amounts of cash out of the country and one simply has to declare it. With all the cash going other places, I can understand the laws even though I don't like them.

This guy was acting erratically and one would assume that if he had declared the cash, they would have no grounds to accost him...the fact that he "walked away" from the money says something ain't right.

We get pissed because the FBI has info they never act on that could stop many in-house terror attacks and then get upset when a "regular citizen" is looked at for suspicious actions.

I'm generally pro-cop and like to give them the benefit of the doubt, but I also recognize there are too many bad cops that have a "I can hurt, or even kill them with impunity" mentality and those I readily condemn.

We on't even know the man's nationality/status from the story...he was questioned and not detained or arrested...I will assume he knew he could/would be arrested with cause if he had done what I would have done if it was my money and stuck around to retain ownership of it.