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Shrike47

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2. As we descend into. 3rd World Country. These highway shakedowns are going on all over.

Reply to Garion_55 (Original post)

Tue Sep 16, 2014, 12:04 PM

Sep 2014

There was an very interesting article in the New Yorker about this a few months ago. If you are traveling with children and refuse to give up the cash 'voluntarily', they tell you they will jail you and put the children in foster care. It's horrendous abuse.

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Canadian Government warns its citizens about corrupt american police officers [View all] Garion_55 Sep 2014 OP

WTF, USA?! alcina Sep 2014 #1

As we descend into. 3rd World Country. These highway shakedowns are going on all over. Shrike47 Sep 2014 #2

How dead is irony: Russia pointing its fingers at US and screaming corruption. uhnope Sep 2014 #3

This isn't "Russia" saying it -- here is a link from the CBC markpkessinger Sep 2014 #12

OP is from RT. And BTW the WaPo did a 3-part story on it last wk uhnope Sep 2014 #13

Right . . . markpkessinger Sep 2014 #14

You seem unclear on the concept. uhnope Sep 2014 #15

The intent of the OP was to share the substance of the story . . . markpkessinger Sep 2014 #16

you're wrong, of course uhnope Sep 2014 #17

So, does it mean "do not travel abroad with paper money" only Amonester Sep 2014 #4

Presumably. However depending on where you're going Jackpine Radical Sep 2014 #8

I don't trust RT any more than our news daschess1987 Sep 2014 #5

stopped clock syndrome uhnope Sep 2014 #6

OK, here's a link from the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation . . . markpkessinger Sep 2014 #11

It's more credible than our news or RT. daschess1987 Sep 2014 #18

Proud to be a Mrkn. Jackpine Radical Sep 2014 #7

Lol. They ought to warn about Americans who won't get up off their cable-watching chairs and jtuck004 Sep 2014 #9

We do travel in America Thespian2 Sep 2014 #10