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discntnt_irny_srcsm

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6. In some cases like that one, this quote applies:
Wed Jan 15, 2020, 10:05 PM
Jan 2020

"The Law is where you decide to skip dinner and a movie with family and friends so you can take the money, buy a gun and badge with it and give those to another person so he can point the gun at your head and use the badge to shield himself from your complaints."

I'm not a fan of the DEA.

I think property seized via civil forfeiture without a criminal conviction needs to be returned/repaid with an interest rate equal to the same rate as the average payday loan plus attorney's fees, court costs and any direct and indirect damages.

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I went to school with Rebecca. Devilsun Jan 2020 #1
I hope these people win their suit stopdiggin Jan 2020 #2
With that amount of cash .... CatMor Jan 2020 #3
It is beyond dumb to be carrying that much cash. PoindexterOglethorpe Jan 2020 #4
Highway robbery bucolic_frolic Jan 2020 #5
In some cases like that one, this quote applies: discntnt_irny_srcsm Jan 2020 #6
Message auto-removed Name removed Mar 2020 #7
DEA: Dispense Excessive Anguish n/t discntnt_irny_srcsm Mar 2020 #8
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