You find nothing at all odd about this ?

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Anyone who thinks freedom comes cheap, please put the blindfold on and stand against the wall.

Many times I believe Americans will have to take back the country and start a new government.

Odd is not the same as illegal. Odd is not grounds for an arrest. Odd is not grounds for a 6-figure fine. Odd...well you get the point.

Yeah, i think its odd to walk around with 120K in cash. So what? I also think its odd not to own a gun, but i would never tell someone they HAVE to.

I hate to say it, but i'm agreeing with Mare on this one.

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In case you were wondering, yes, there really ARE more idiots these days....technology has made natural selection obsolete.

I find it odd that you would fine someone because you think what they are doing is odd. Can we fine you, too?

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If a neocon whines about big government wealth redistribution, just ask him what he thinks about the portion of that big government that sends aid to Israel.

It is qute obvious you don't care, and you may even be right that it was drug money, but that hasn't been proven----- now HAS it????

It is people like you who empower law enforcement to "BE" out of control.

Then conduct an investigation, use the little evidence to get a warrant. You can't confiscate the money outright without due process, and you cannot seize the money simply because at one point it was handled by a drug dealer. You could seize the money, and replace it with clean money, as that would be constitutional, but thats not what happened. They simply stole money based upon circumstantial evidence.

And if they get a warrant and find nothing, then they drop the case.

Okay the fact that you have doubt does not mean that it is beyond a reasonable doubt. Beyond a reasonable doubt means that you have no reason to doubt that the money came into contact with drugs because he was involved with a drug deal. There are numerous reasons to doubt this, because the evidence is circumstantial.

It works like this

Beyond a Shadow of Doubt
Beyond a Reasonable Doubt <----- Conviction Level
Probable
Reasonable Suspicion <----- You
Suspicion <---- You
No Evidence of Anything


There may be something suspicious about it, but the money is for all debts public and private. Not all debts below a certain amount, if someone decides that they want to pay in cash that is their perogative. If they want to hide it in the freezer, also their perogative. Simply acting odd may get a warrant or cause to search someone, it doesn't create cause to steal money (And it is theft since it is without due process).

So is this what government in the US does when it is short on funds?

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If a neocon whines about big government wealth redistribution, just ask him what he thinks about the portion of that big government that sends aid to Israel.

ok, I'm man enough to admit it when wrong...

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Anyone who thinks freedom comes cheap, please put the blindfold on and stand against the wall.

Many times I believe Americans will have to take back the country and start a new government.

this guys rights were violated. someone should seriously call the ACLU. They will help this fella.

A TD so here circumstantial evidence is insufficient and the burden of proof is all important.

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The universe grows smaller every day and the threat of aggression by any group anywhere can no longer be tolerated. There must be security for all or no one is secure... - Klaatu

Sad but true.

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"I think—tide turning—see, as I remember—I was raised in the desert, but tides kind of—it's easy to see a tide turn—did I say those words?"—Washington, D.C., June 14, 2006

"[T]he illiteracy level of our children are appalling."—Washington, D.C., Jan. 23, 2004

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are you under the delusion that drug runners routinely rub all their money on the drugs that they are trading for? What would be the point? Do you also believe that $124000 in cash is impossible to put together without drugs? What if he was driving the buyins to the WSOP to vegas for 12 of his buddys. Not speaking english is not a crime. While you may be pro USA you certainly don't stand up for any of the principles that this country was founded on like due process, innocent til proven guilty, 4th ammendment rights prohibiting unlawful search and seizure amoung many others. However i am finding more and more that the loudest voices for 'freedom and democracy' have the least real interest in promoting the very principles that foster freedom and democracy.
Tyranny is easy. Freedom never is.

What about these guys?

Are they breakin the law? ANOTHER LAW FAVORS POLICE OFFICERS!! Its that Power of the Badge again! i can see why Nobody likes the police.