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Originally Posted by pai mei
Why should someone prove money ? It's a clear case of "guilty until proven innocent"
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It's clear? Really? Well in that case, just give him the money back!
pai mei, what you are clearly unaware of is that these laws have been on the books for 10+ years in the US. You'll notice that ACLU isn't alleging those laws are unconstitutional but that the search that resulted in the seizure was done inappropriately. The government is saying that they asked for and received consent to search the truck. He didn't have to consent. Again, it doesn't appear like you really know what you're talking about.
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Probably in my country Romania it would be the same situation, I have seen news "they caught him with drugs and 100000 $" or "guns and 100000 $" but not just "100000 $"
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We're not talking about Romania. We're talking about the US. Unless and until Romania starts operating under the US Constitution, Romanian law (or lack thereof) seems to be pretty irrelevant to this discussion.
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I was not talking about the police, I was talking about some evil STASI like police which makes sure you and I are not "terrorists" and examines everything we buy, because they can. They are the ones who would like everybody to pay with a card
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pai mei, perhaps this is just a translation error, and I realize that English isn't your first language, but the above just doesn't make sense. You are talking about the police. Period. End of story. That's who did this. You compared them to the STASI. That's an unfair comparision, especially when the law says that the state can seize the money if it appears that it resulted from drug proceeds. Anyone walking around with $24,000 in cash should be able to prove where he got it from pretty easily, even if he doesn't trust banks.
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Yes maybe you say they really do a good job. In fact it's a different subject
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No, it is the subject. You are being critical of the police. I am defending them. It is EXACTLY the subject.
I am getting more and more inclined to move this into Paranoia.