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Good god, you're obtuse.

And who's to know how much the cop kept??? My guess is as long as he turns some in, they don't care how much he keeps. I'm thinking once the dealers figure this out, stopping them with out getting shot could get more dangerous. :roll:

These listed incidents are a gross usurpation of power! I hope the court throws the book and the punitive damages are lucrative.
This is exactly what the LEO community doesn't need. In 25 years of this I never heard this taught or encouraged by any department I came into contact with.
The only time this came into play was with drug sale cases where a buy/bust was used or a search warrant was served at a location.
Any cash found and certainly this occurred, was logged into as evidence and used at trial as proceeds of the illicit sales.

What this article writes about is an illegal "shake down" by thugs with badges.

In today's society cops assume anyone with large sums of cash is up to no good. This is another lovely side effect of the war on drugs. Our government has WAY too much power of its citizens.

The government doesn't have WAY too much power, they have seized an illegal chunk of it by ignoring the Constitution. That is what needs to be reigned in.

That's the first Shawshank Redemption reference I've seen here.
Nicely placed.

Didn't read all the posts. All anybody needs to know is that possession is 9/10ths of the law.

And the cops know it.

What a brilliant legal mind you have.



Travis

Then they shouldn't take folks' money.

LMAO! Good one.

Traffic Cops get worse and more intrusive yet:

GOP congressman demands answers on potentially unconstitutional federal study that collects motorists� bodily fluids

The survey is supposed to be voluntary, but the tests are being conducted by police officers in uniform, causing some motorists to complain that they do not feel they have any choice in the matter. Moreover, the Associated Press reported, the surveyors use something called a �passive alcohol sensor� that tests drivers� breath for alcohol content before they formally consent to the survey.

In November, the NBC affiliate in Dallas and Fort Worth, Texas reported that motorists felt they had been railroaded into taking the tests.

�I gestured to the guy in front that I just wanted to go straight, but he wouldn�t let me and forced me into a parking spot,� Kim Cope told NBCDFW in November 2013, who said she �finally did the Breathalyzer test just because I thought that would be the easiest way to leave.�

�As the motorist came to a safe stop in the bay,� and before the drivers had consented to participate or been told what they were being asked to participate in, �the data collector recorded basic demographics based on observation (e.g., the number of passengers, use of a safety belt by the driver, and the gender and ethnicity of the driver)� � so that we would have descriptive information of potential subjects who refused.�

Read more: http://dailycaller.com/2014/03/12/g...s-motorists-bodily-fluids/#ixzz2voJ40HFx

The drug war is the tool to take your Liberty, anyone who thinks taking "drug" money is OK is a stool for the Tyrannical.

Government is legally authorized organized crime.

Government may start out harmless enough but it will always be taken over by criminals soon or later.