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Originally Posted by 335e92tx
I don't hate cops - they have a tough job - but some give them a very bad name
http://www.cnn.com/2009/CRIME/05/05/...res/index.html
TENAHA, Texas (CNN) -- Roderick Daniels was traveling through East Texas in October 2007 when, he says, he was the victim of a highway robbery.
The Tennessee man says he was ordered to pull his car over and surrender his jewelry and $8,500 in cash that he had with him to buy a new car.
But Daniels couldn't go to the police to report the incident.
The men who stopped him were the police.
Daniels was stopped on U.S. Highway 59 outside Tenaha, near the Louisiana state line. Police said he was driving 37 mph in a 35 mph zone. They hauled him off to jail and threatened him with money-laundering charges -- but offered to release him if he signed papers forfeiting his property.
Sounds like there is enough of a paper trail here to require some folks to get their resume' updated. |
Yep, having large sums of money on you while driving it probably cause for them to believe you are involved in illegal activity and they can seize it from you and then you have the burden of proof to show the money or assets were legally obtained.
Our Fine US Supreme court has upheld this kind of seizures