Posted on 05/09/2015 11:23:41 AM PDT by Forgotten Amendments
Rivers said the agents questioned passengers at random, asking for their destination and reason for travel. When one of the agents got to Rivers, who was the only black person in his car, according to witnesses, the agent took the interrogation further, asking to search his bags. Rivers complied. The agent found the cash -- still in a bank envelope -- and decided to seize it on suspicion that it may be tied to narcotics. River pleaded with the agents, explaining his situation and even putting his mother on the phone to verify the story.
No luck.
“These officers took everything that I had worked so hard to save and even money that was given to me by family that believed in me,” Rivers told the Journal. “I told (the DEA agents) I had no money and no means to survive in Los Angeles if they took my money. They informed me that it was my responsibility to figure out how I was going to do that.”
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How easy is it to convert those back to cash?
I imagine at a bank.
hey Sherlock. What exactly brings you to that conclusion? Is it just your innate racism?
Nice math. How did you manage do whittle it down to 99.9%?
Every statement you make shows more and more the racist bastard you are.
I’m sorry, but those government thugs are nothing but criminals with badges, and deserve nothing but a bullet, just like any other thief.
And they have been doing this for many moons, even before the Obungler was in power. They do, however, operate with the same rationale, like whose going to stop them? Unfortunately, Rats and RINOs will not do anything to fix the problem. They are all reprobates.
I believe he was on an Amtrak train.
100% of all fights that don't get started are going to lose.
I don't care what the past holds. It's no excuse for inaction today.
/johnny
Wow. I am a racist bastard in your eyes. Explain.
That post had nothing to do with race.
You have a problem, not me.
Don’t worry wiggen, come over here with the bullshit and meet MR. Gives.
I’m sure erica holder will be on the case right after she straightens out Baltimore.
That's what governments do, erode rights. Somewhere, there is a jack booted government thug, cringing at the idea that someone, somewhere, might be enjoying freedom, and he feels like it is his responsibility to make sure that doesn't happen. You might be able to detect that I am just a tiny bit cynical of the government. I am convinced, that in most cases, given the choice between right and wrong, they will choose to do wrong, almost every time.
That brings up another question. I wonder what could happen, if government thugs try to take that kind of money, from someone who IS armed?
“Would you be better off with a money order, made out to yourself? “
Who knows. When I was a vagabond in my youth, I deposited money in Bank of America. It had branches everywhere. When I needed cash, I’d ditty-bop into a BofA branch and withdraw what I needed and be on my way. No problem. I’m not excusing what the DEA state-sponsored terrorists did to this man. I’m simply pointing out that there are ways to work within the system and not get robbed by federal fascist thugs.
Incidentally, we can thank that faux “conservative” neo-fascist prick William Rehnquist for this armed highway robbery by cops and federal fascists.
Perhaps I should have used the sarcasm tag.
He's black isn't he? /sarc
Ok. I got it now. Sorry about that. It went right over my head.
What criteria do you use to define a racists?
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