Mint Hill PD's $69K seizure cited as reason civil asset forfeiture law needs reform
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- Опубликовано: 27 сен 2024
- Law enforcement agencies across North Carolina have received almost $300 million over the last two decades by partnering with the federal government to seize people's money, regularly doing so without ever charging those people with any crimes.
Opponents call it "policing for profit."
Bipartisan legislation making its way through Congress would end this controversial practice. The bill's sponsor believes the Mint Hill Police Department cash seizure WCNC Charlotte recently exposed makes the case for why the current law needs to change.
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Today I learned that there are (apparently) no consequences for ignoring a court order.
Only for cops, politicians and rich people.
yes... that magic badge does come with privileges...
as for us peasants. you already know!
The fact that the cops can just take all the money in my pocket *without even charging me with a single crime* is terrifying.
Welcome , to Lawmakers : LAWLESSNESS….!!!
That's the scheme
The Police are not on your side peasants ❤
Despicable! Shame on this police dept.
Sounds a lot like money laundering.
Since law enforcement always goes beyond what is allowed, asset forfeiture needs to be done away with, not just altered. For instance, TSA's x-ray screening is used to find which travelers are carrying large amounts of cash, giving that information to DEA and DEA is lying to the passenger in order to steal the cash he is carrying. Then the DEA thieves are not allowed to be prosecuted because of the immunity granted them by Congress. DEA steals millions of dollars this way from law abiding citizens for what DEA apparently claims the cash has broken a law.
Some police departments act just like organized crime.
They all do. Especially in the states that allow them to.
You spelled "all" wrong.
@@christophernuckolls9964 My mistake.
That police chief can go straight to hell for stealing from an SA survivor
"I believe equitable sharing is fair" because I got a new car.
PROOF we are not free Americans 🙄
What’s unjust is taking that man’s money in the first place
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"You'll get your money in heaven" helps this injustice continue.
Cops juggin' on the poor folk.
Bout to catch another vic.
I can't help but laugh at all the naive people commenting here....if y'all think this is bad, try traveling with cash! The tsa and the dea have teamed up to confiscate cash at airports! The indianapolis pd has a team inside the fedex distribution center to confiscate ANY cash going through there! tennessee cops routinely stop and confiscate cash from people, one man pulled over had his just cashed pay confiscated because he had a few dollars left from his last paycheck and he was carrying more cash than listed on his paystub....wake up people, it's coast to coast!
People get this wrong about the heroes in blue that goes out there risking their lives for uhhh, whatever they do... This money IS NOT seized, it's stolen.
And you know those generators disappeared
Robbing people.
Of course the lawyer is at ease with taking people's money. Most criminals are, that's why they do it.
Pass laws making it fairer and the police just go around using the federal law. At least it wasn't sending the DA to Hawaii, hiring hookers and using pot, buying margaritas machines, booze like in some documented cases. The way the law is set up now departments can spend it anyway they want to do so. At least in this case someone was charged. Often no one is charged. They stop you for traffic reason and search they seize cash. Sometimes just small amounts. Cost you more to prove the cash innocent than you lost. Currently stopping people boarding airplanes and taking you cash. Justify it using dogs that alert and often make you miss your flight which is non refundable. They give cash rewards to TSA who send them alerts. Mind you average amount seized is 1500 dollars. DEA deputized local police and they share proceeds. DEA seizes over a billion a year. One department checking passengers named its dog "CASH". It's a joke to them. Laws need to change so money is not automatically guilty and the state has to prove their case. Money needs to not go to departments that are incentivized to take it but to victims funds. The Feds and Sherriff Association have spend big buck fighting to keep bills from going to Congress. It's suggested it's a big tool fighting cartels. Unfortunately very little money is associated with it. People are not for seizure of drug money found with drugs. It's taking it from everyday citizens.
THE AMWAY SYSTEM DOESN'T WORK ANYMORE!
It's America. Like they told us in the Army Infantry, "be flexible " I think that means to bend over. 1/52 Infantry 1st Armored Div. ❤
She can file a lean if I spelt that right on the pd people don’t understand that whenever someone is order to pay you and they don’t you can have your lawyer file a lien and that is on any any one that owes you money
Well here's what you have to think about it started with cash but who's to say they will not extend it to debit cards credit cards so where does it end it won't until people stand up and fight these unconstitutional seizures
Not nice
Sorry, you’re not entitled to drug money just because you were wronged. Drug money is drug money. Does she think she can profit from people victimized by a different crime simply because she was victimized by through separate means?
Are the police entitled to drug money?
(NOTE: The money was suspected/not proven to be drug money)
This woman should get an order of enforcement against the Mint Hill police, walk in with a team of Sheriff deputies and confiscate as many assets as they can carry and drive away with. Civil asset forfeiture turns police into an organized crime ring.
And CAF was designed to fight organized crime...
Cops and DA’s are soooo crooked
This $hit needs to end NOW !
I love how the mint hill legal rep was perfectly at ease with stealing the money because it was legal. Just because it's legal doesn't make it right. The legal rep seems morally ambiguous and willing to change his beliefs if the law changes. It's stealing and it's wrong, even if it's the police, maybe doubly so.
@@DrewHall-un8sn Any laws or directives contradicting our constitutional rights and existing laws are mute...and EVERYONE knows this .
He is an attorney after all. That speaks volumes.
Cops need a law to force them to “act in the public’s best interest”
If I were dumb enough to travel with any sizable amount of money & if I were pulled over for whatever & my money seized, that cop would have to arrest me, believe me! No different than a hold-up!
hahaha they think cops are going to be acting in the public's best interest , That would be the day
Hey chief,...theft has always been illegal .
This is exactly why the majority of police & sheriff departments have military gear and vehicles.
I would love to see civil asset forfeiture laws gone abolished, but the truth is there is so much money to be made that i do not think it will ever go away.
In addition civil asset forfeiture allows small town police dept.s to make a lot of money to pay for over time and new equipment, Under Civil asset forfeiture laws and law enforcement agency can take your money without charging you of a crime. I am 67 years old and to me that is STEALING plain and simple, So if they (Law Enforcement) can steal for me for no reason then I can steal from them. It is only fair right, You find out were the police officer lives and you go into his home when he is not there and take his stuff under the law of civil asset forfeiture laws
The right of the people to be secure in their persons, houses, papers, and effects, against unreasonable searches and seizures, shall not be violated, and no Warrants shall issue, but upon probable cause, supported by Oath or affirmation, and particularly describing the place to be searched, and the persons or things to be seized.
- 4th Amendment
That's a pretty large and fancy police building for a small town of 27,000. Wonder where the money came from?
nothing needs cited. it was and is fully immoral and unlawful. it needs to end.
The Supreme Court of the United States refuses to answer this it’s a shame.
Government stealing would go to their hell
I have videos of their tyrannical attitudes and behavior, they are unconstitutional 🎉😢
That is theft
They need to end this robbery NOW
How this has been a thing for so long is just bonkers.
I and my kids are Never visiting the USA