hmmm...Info for CDN's heading into the US
I find this to be huge concern. We don't carry a bunch of cash, but still..cameras and so on, could lead an officer to see the value in those items. And of course...I don't really know if I have what ...
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Okay....I'll revise my statement from earlier in this post. This was happening in the past for the purposes of seizing drug money, but this is something new.
After typing my earlier post, I went to dinner with my brother who was visiting from the west coast and who works in D.C. He brought this issue up out of the blue. Apparently, from what he has discovered, the Feds have some new rule that allows seizure of cash as a criminal deterrent. There is suppose to be some big expose about this new seizing of cash on TV soon.
I will tell you as a prior LEO, police officers ruin most TOOLS (laws given to them to arrest criminals) by pressing the limits of the law. After they step over the edge, the courts have to reel them back in and revise their rulings. I see this as the same thing. They've abused a TOOL given to them and they will be reigned in. Usually a law suit or court decision will create Case Law that will end the problem.
Now, with all that said, please show me one case where ma and pa were driving their motor home and had their money seized. I will also say as I said before, the news often reports that an altar boy had his money stolen, because everyone he knows says he's a great guy. Look at recent cases of police shootings where the suspect was an "angel", but their gun slinging dope smoking life is not allowed to be shown in court because it would be prejudicial.
After typing my earlier post, I went to dinner with my brother who was visiting from the west coast and who works in D.C. He brought this issue up out of the blue. Apparently, from what he has discovered, the Feds have some new rule that allows seizure of cash as a criminal deterrent. There is suppose to be some big expose about this new seizing of cash on TV soon.
I will tell you as a prior LEO, police officers ruin most TOOLS (laws given to them to arrest criminals) by pressing the limits of the law. After they step over the edge, the courts have to reel them back in and revise their rulings. I see this as the same thing. They've abused a TOOL given to them and they will be reigned in. Usually a law suit or court decision will create Case Law that will end the problem.
Now, with all that said, please show me one case where ma and pa were driving their motor home and had their money seized. I will also say as I said before, the news often reports that an altar boy had his money stolen, because everyone he knows says he's a great guy. Look at recent cases of police shootings where the suspect was an "angel", but their gun slinging dope smoking life is not allowed to be shown in court because it would be prejudicial.
