Tennessee ....Policing for Profit
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Asset forfeiture by police should anger more people, but like most things unless it happens to them either they aren't paying attention or just don't care. Another example of government overreach, when a crime just has to be 'allegedly' committed for assets to be taken. To me, just like a conviction, the government should have a burden of proof to be able to steal from its citizens.
What a joke.
Of course the cop is a dumbass redneck with a neck tat. Can't explain his actions at all.
Hopefully he gets fired and the feds come in and charge the dickheads with something.
Of course the cop is a dumbass redneck with a neck tat. Can't explain his actions at all.
Hopefully he gets fired and the feds come in and charge the dickheads with something.
"hey there buddy, what's that $1000 bucks doing in your wallet? Looks like it plans to commit a crime. I'm afraid that money has to go to me and it will be charged with intent"
Communities across the country are doing this, as well as other scams, but I can't really blame the police. We demand results from law enforcement and, if you give a guy a hammer, he's going to hit stuff. Blame your legislators for this. Blame your city council even.
The stories that piss me off are the towns converting library fines, parking tickets, and zoning fines into arrest warrants. There are towns holding thousands of warrants that use traffic stops and road blocks to create revenue. That library book you took back late 5 years ago could cost a couple of grand now.
I'm still pissed about all the hick towns in Kentucky selling unpaid property taxes and letting buyers charge crazy interest and fees so they can grab someone's home for practically pennies at the owner's death.
The stories that piss me off are the towns converting library fines, parking tickets, and zoning fines into arrest warrants. There are towns holding thousands of warrants that use traffic stops and road blocks to create revenue. That library book you took back late 5 years ago could cost a couple of grand now.
I'm still pissed about all the hick towns in Kentucky selling unpaid property taxes and letting buyers charge crazy interest and fees so they can grab someone's home for practically pennies at the owner's death.
I'm a cash guy, I usually have a few hundred, but who drives around with $22,000? If you don't won't your assets forfeited be a little smarter protecting them.
-********. Thats akin to the thought that "if you have nothing to hide it's cool that we tap your phone". Or better yet "she was dressed like a slut so she had it coming."
Yes sir
However we should NOT fall for the push for a national police force that I believe is coming
I was beaten by a middlesboro cop when I was 18 - long story
Same guy wound up in jail along with several others fm that bastion of law and order - after the FBI raided their crooked mountaineer asses
There were probably some good cops there too - Peetie Gilbert comes to mind
I think I just rabbit trailed you, rudd
Sorry bout that
He was buying a friggin car.
Not like dude was just cruising around with that kind of money for the eff of it.
Not like dude was just cruising around with that kind of money for the eff of it.
A young guy had 12,000 taken off him at an airport in Kentucky because they said his luggage smelled of Marijuana. It was his life savings and it took him two years to get it back.
Some Indian Immigrant was driving through Tennessee with 300 k to buy a business. His money was kept and after a couple of years he got 280 k or so back.
This needs to stop.
I was pulled over once with 10 grand on me.from a poker game. I explained to him i was coming from the casino and he let me go
Technically, you were breaking the law. That is one stupid law.
Had it been Tunica and Memphis, different story.
I have had as much as 50 grand on me before. I would never carry that in Tennessee
I had a friend get popped about 15 years ago in Tennessee with 4 ounces of weed, $2,000 cash and a really expensive shotgun.
The report said one ounce, never mentioned the cash or gun. They straight up stole his property and he wasn't going to court and be like "Excuse me, your honor, I actually had more pot, some cash and a gun, too!!"
Throwing adults in jail for possessing an illegal piece of plant matter is my biggest beef.
That and "we've investigated ourselves and found ourselves completely free of any wrongdoing even though we're on video kicking the **** out of a dude in handcuffs because he said mean things to us. Don't worry, the officers involved got two weeks paid vacation. That'll show em. Nothing to see here," type situation.
The report said one ounce, never mentioned the cash or gun. They straight up stole his property and he wasn't going to court and be like "Excuse me, your honor, I actually had more pot, some cash and a gun, too!!"
Throwing adults in jail for possessing an illegal piece of plant matter is my biggest beef.
That and "we've investigated ourselves and found ourselves completely free of any wrongdoing even though we're on video kicking the **** out of a dude in handcuffs because he said mean things to us. Don't worry, the officers involved got two weeks paid vacation. That'll show em. Nothing to see here," type situation.
Oh yeah, this ****'s gonna get worse with Jeff-rey Bow-ri-guard Ses-shuns at the helm in the DoJ. That guy needed to croak yesterday.
He's my least favorite confederate monument.
He's my least favorite confederate monument.
It doesn't really equate but I renewed my tags at the clerks office today but I didn't have the registration for my wife's car. I had everything else but they wanted me to sign a form to basically incriminate myself in the event I was lying and charge a $5 fee to print a copy of the registration. I looked at my dad and basically said "county govt is no different than a bank".
My first thought was a drug dealer. I'm not going to condone what that cop did, but when you do bad things there are consequences. I've been there and done that. Don't have a t-shirt though, just the memories. Well actually I do have a Boulder County jail T, but I don't wear it, just use it as a reminder not to make the same mistakes again.
I get that, but you can't just assume that every person with a bunch of cash is a drug dealer and take their **** without any evidence. That's not how it works...
If I want to drive with a suitcase full of money in the backseat, that's nobody's effen business but mine.
I've read another story about a guy having $10k taken from him by the police and held up for close to a year. I think his story was that he was going to buy a car.
I sold a car once and drove to meet the guy. Ended up with about $7k in cash. Luckily I stayed away from the cops.
I sold a car once and drove to meet the guy. Ended up with about $7k in cash. Luckily I stayed away from the cops.
I have purchased 7 vehicles on ebay since 2003. All but one, I have picked up myself.
Nobody trusts any form of a check(certified,cashier,money order), so you would have to wait for it to clear.
I have placed a wire transfer in the morning and arrived quicker in person than my money did.
The easiest transaction is a cash one.
I am a paranoid mfer with that much cash on me, but I never thought about the cops taking it from me.
Nobody trusts any form of a check(certified,cashier,money order), so you would have to wait for it to clear.
I have placed a wire transfer in the morning and arrived quicker in person than my money did.
The easiest transaction is a cash one.
I am a paranoid mfer with that much cash on me, but I never thought about the cops taking it from me.
There is a really cool new thing called PayPal that works well with eBay. Surprisingly you can use it for virtually any transaction IF the other party has it as well.
The issue here is our rights under the 4th amendment to the constitution of the US of A. The government can not just take our property without due process. The notion that the cop may have assumed that was drug money is irrelevant.
It amazes me when a story like this doesn't draw outrage from 100% of Americans. Instead we get folks that question the victims actions. It boggles my mind.
Cocaine cowboys on I-40 in Tennessee did this for years to out if State travelers. Stopped doing it after stopping a Lawyer going on vacation with his family and the hell he raised because of it.