Cops Use Traffic Stops To Seize Millions From Drivers Never Charged With A Crime
During the stop, Deputy Dove performed a warrant check and found a warrant for a Ken Smith. On that basis, Dove detained Smith. But according to a lawsuit filed by Smith, the Ken Smith on the warrant had a different birthday and was black. The pulled-over Smith was white. As the lawsuit puts it, Smith �should have been cited for speeding and let go, if there was probable cause for speeding violations.�
Instead, Smith was �unarrested� and allowed to leave with his car if he signed a waiver to surrender $13,800 in cash he had in the vehicle. The Humboldt County Sheriff�s office also seized a .40 caliber Ruger handgun from Smith, though Smith claimed he did not waive his right to that firearm.
http://www.forbes.com/sites/institu...from-drivers-never-charged-with-a-crime/Theft and extortion under the color of law:
'Sometimes the law defends plunder and participates in it. Sometimes the law places the whole apparatus of judges, police, prisons and gendarmes at the service of the plunderers, and treats the victim -- when he defends himself -- as a criminal.' - Frederic Bastiat
