Newscaster cadence:
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Newscaster cadence:
"He had green hair at the time but THAT is not a crime..."
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Newscaster cadence:
"He had green hair at the time but THAT is not a crime..."
In the US, police can collect "evidence" in the course of investigating crimes. In a way a heap of cash could be evidence of a crime. However they simply get to keep this cash (it goes to the police station that takes it and perhaps some disappears along the way some of the time) this creates a perverse incentive to just take any cash from anyone they think they can get away with snatching it from.
Eg. the black guy with green hair. Because he's a musician.
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In the US, police can collect "evidence" in the course of investigating crimes. In a way a heap of cash could be evidence of a crime. However they simply get to keep this cash (it goes to the police station that takes it and perhaps some disappears along the way some of the time) this creates a perverse incentive to just take any cash from anyone they think they can get away with snatching it from.
Eg. the black guy with green hair. Because he's a musician.
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In the US, police can collect "evidence" in the course of investigating crimes. In a way a heap of cash could be evidence of a crime. However they simply get to keep this cash (it goes to the police station that takes it and perhaps some disappears along the way some of the time) this creates a perverse incentive to just take any cash from anyone they think they can get away with snatching it from.
Eg. the black guy with green hair. Because he's a musician.
This isn't a one off. If you look at the comments you can find similar stories of people who had sums like this taken by the police, but were never charged with a crime. As the news story shows it cost about 15k for him to get the cash back, so only people with some means can bother and lawyers won't do it probono.
Really there should be a default that if cash is seized without evidence you get it back ten fold plus legal fees.
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In the US, police can collect "evidence" in the course of investigating crimes. In a way a heap of cash could be evidence of a crime. However they simply get to keep this cash (it goes to the police station that takes it and perhaps some disappears along the way some of the time) this creates a perverse incentive to just take any cash from anyone they think they can get away with snatching it from.
Eg. the black guy with green hair. Because he's a musician.
@futurebird In other countries this is called police corruption.
In America it's freedom money.
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This isn't a one off. If you look at the comments you can find similar stories of people who had sums like this taken by the police, but were never charged with a crime. As the news story shows it cost about 15k for him to get the cash back, so only people with some means can bother and lawyers won't do it probono.
Really there should be a default that if cash is seized without evidence you get it back ten fold plus legal fees.
@futurebird Had 24K taken off me while driving in Illinois. THey found a roach in the ashtray, claimed I was a dealer. Declined to prosecute on the posession (of 0.13g of marijuana) but claimed they were keeping the money. Initially offered to "settle" the case, keep 90% and give me 10% back. Finally agreed to give me 80% and only keep 20%, which my lawyer says was a record (I had documents and was willing to go to trial.)
But it was all bullshit. They stole money from me for noting.
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This is a scam that has been reported widely.
Any issues with your account will be sent by your admin and sent via the email that you signed up with.
They have already been suspended over here. But thanks for reporting them more widely.
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@futurebird Had 24K taken off me while driving in Illinois. THey found a roach in the ashtray, claimed I was a dealer. Declined to prosecute on the posession (of 0.13g of marijuana) but claimed they were keeping the money. Initially offered to "settle" the case, keep 90% and give me 10% back. Finally agreed to give me 80% and only keep 20%, which my lawyer says was a record (I had documents and was willing to go to trial.)
But it was all bullshit. They stole money from me for noting.
It's just theft. It's not a mistake. It's not like they really think they are going after serious criminals, all they seem to look at is if the person has the means to fight back and if they fall into a profile that will allow enough of the public to turn a blind eye.
Oh a single joint? Well case closed mr. drug kingpin.
And the sums of cash are small (but large and life changing to the people they steal from) there are real heaps of money that SHOULD be seized but never are.
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@futurebird In other countries this is called police corruption.
In America it's freedom money.
@fuchsi @futurebird It’s scary. I first heard of this some years back when cops pulled a car over for some ridiculous reason, then searched it. A kid was driving across the country for university and had cash for tuition. Cops said they were keeping it because of “suspected drug money.” Apparently this is how some departments fund themselves. Which sounds like banana republic crap.
