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dameatball

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4. This asset seizure has been going on for decades and the courts back it. I think it's bullshit.

Reply to TexasTowelie (Original post)

Mon Feb 11, 2019, 08:21 AM

Feb 2019

I usually keep a hundred dollar bill stashed in my wallet. Who is to say I won't buy drugs with it? So if someone has a lot of money on them then they are guilty of......what? Having a lot of money on them? What is the legal threshold before you are considered guilty of a crime that hasn't happened yet? Cops have been doing this on I-95 for decades, elsewhere also.

Sure, it is possible someone will be using that money to by drugs. In other words, dollars are legal tender in this country unless you have a lot of them. Then it's a license for someone to steal them from you.

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Man walks through Boston Logan Airport with $50K in a backpack; government wants to keep it [View all] TexasTowelie Feb 2019 OP

Well at least I wasn't behind him at Kroger's while we was wiring it underpants Feb 2019 #1

Damn. Read the details. This guy is guilty! DetlefK Feb 2019 #2

Legalize it ffs! They just want to grab the 💰💰. SaveOurDemocracy Feb 2019 #3

This asset seizure has been going on for decades and the courts back it. I think it's bullshit. dameatball Feb 2019 #4

These goons remind me of the Japanese soldiers who didn't know WWII ended Blues Heron Feb 2019 #5