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GiqueCee

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47. LEOs won't disclose much, if anything, about the practice...

Sun Oct 22, 2023, 12:01 PM

Oct 2023

... but anecdotal evidence suggests that it doesn't have to be very much money at all, and valuables like jewelry and laptops have been confiscated as well.

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Agents search the carry-on bags of Hartsfield Jackson passengers without getting warrants and seize money without making arrests [View all] Demovictory9 Oct 2023 OP

Dea busy stealing money from honest people questionseverything Oct 2023 #1

Scumbags. A HERETIC I AM Oct 2023 #2

While I agree this is an abuse of power & theft (in many cases), why carry $$$$ in your carry on? hlthe2b Oct 2023 #3

Some of us still use cash for transactions. If I were going on vacation, I would take some cash. Chainfire Oct 2023 #4

Of course. But a few hundred dollars is apparently not what they are referring to. hlthe2b Oct 2023 #7

So what is the magic number that transfroms you from honest citizen to criminal? $1000, $5,000? Chainfire Oct 2023 #25

Really? You know better. My subject line clearly stated this "is an abuse of power and theft." hlthe2b Oct 2023 #28

What attack? My attack was on the policy, not the messenger. Chainfire Oct 2023 #32

I always thought it was $10,000 stuck in the middle Oct 2023 #45

For a while in East Texas, there was a sherriff who was stealing the cash of everyone he stopped DFW Oct 2023 #37

Isn't this a sort of victim blaming? usedtobedemgurl Oct 2023 #5

Post removed Post removed Oct 2023 #6

The first cop to abolish is the one in your head. WhiskeyGrinder Oct 2023 #9

WhiskeyGrinder, I stated this is an abuse of power and you attack me for asking a simple question hlthe2b Oct 2023 #10

I'm sorry it came across as an attack. WhiskeyGrinder Oct 2023 #13

So you are never curious about things and ask a rhetorical question? Really? hlthe2b Oct 2023 #14

When it involves a private person's business that has nothing to do with me and can be used by the state to invade their privacy? WhiskeyGrinder Oct 2023 #15

It was NOT a private person question. IT WAS RHETORICAL. What is it about that you don't understand? hlthe2b Oct 2023 #16

How are DUers meant to know which of your questions are rhetorical, muriel_volestrangler Oct 2023 #18

You are being ridiculous. Ignore hlthe2b Oct 2023 #20

"asked in order to produce an effect or to make a statement rather than to elicit information" muriel_volestrangler Oct 2023 #39

Goodness, not sure what the beef is with any of these responses. AllyCat Oct 2023 #43

More "why would someone carry that much cash" instead of "why did that person carry that much cash"? WhiskeyGrinder Oct 2023 #21

THen you had nothing to add and thus had no reason to respond. hlthe2b Oct 2023 #22

My responses are clearly not landing in the way I'm intending, so I'll disembark here. WhiskeyGrinder Oct 2023 #23

Reading thru comments here, is sure seems like EVERYONE is entitled to your opinion Attilatheblond Oct 2023 #31

it is unconstitutional. Full stop. edisdead Oct 2023 #11

I said that. Full stop. And I can ask a question wiithout being attacked. FULL STOP. hlthe2b Oct 2023 #12

nobody is attacking you edisdead Oct 2023 #17

You need to learn to read. My subject line stated clearly: It was an abuse of power and theft. hlthe2b Oct 2023 #19

Hi! This person was just responding that they agree with you. AllyCat Oct 2023 #44

My sister and I went to the Dominican Republic back in late May ecstatic Oct 2023 #24

Your account is what I was getting at--heavens the possibility for being robbed is tremendous. hlthe2b Oct 2023 #27

Because some people still don't have bank accounts? haele Oct 2023 #34

People regularly fly out to Las Vegas with large amounts of cash for gambling DetroitLegalBeagle Oct 2023 #35

Privacy Major Nikon Oct 2023 #40

Have you ever attempted to get foreign cash prior to a trip overseas? I'm going to SE Asia tomorrow sinkingfeeling Oct 2023 #42

LEOs won't disclose much, if anything, about the practice... GiqueCee Oct 2023 #47

Civil Asset Forfeiture is blatantly unconstitutional GiqueCee Oct 2023 #8

I didn't know that it had been frozen and then reinstated by trump ecstatic Oct 2023 #33

Thanks for that - and welcome to DU! crickets Oct 2023 #46

Pretty sure that's unconstitutional Skwishy Oct 2023 #26

The agents were wrong. True Blue American Oct 2023 #29

A must read. dalton99a Oct 2023 #30

Any money or Credit Cards I have on me at any Airport, is in my wallet. ProudMNDemocrat Oct 2023 #36

More than one way to carry "cash" h2ebits Oct 2023 #38

nothing new....cops have been seaching and taking contects of cars with out of state plates for years now dembotoz Oct 2023 #41

Need to keep shining a light on this abhorrent practice Demovictory9 Oct 2023 #48