W.T.F.... - In light of this article, I copied this from another website.
In light of this article, I copied this from another website.
“What if you’re a New Jersey insurance adjuster driving through Tennessee as
part of your job? You’re stopped for speeding and asked if you happen to be
carrying a large amount of cash. It so happened George Reby had $22,000 cash in
a bag in his back seat. He’d been negotiating for a car on eBay and wanted to be
ready if he could make a deal.
Officer Larry Bates of the Monterey, Tenn., police department seized the
$22,000, figuring anyone carrying that much cash must be up to no good. “The
safest place to put your money, if it’s legitimate, is in a bank account,” the
officer explained. “He stated he had two. I would put it in a bank account. It
draws interest and it’s safer.” Reby was stunned that the cop could legally
take his property for no apparent reason. “I never had any clue that they
thought they could take my money legally,” Reby said. “I didn’t do anything
wrong.”
Indeed, other than going too fast, Reby hadn’t done anything wrong, so
Officer Bates didn’t arrest him. It was Reby’s cash that was suspicious, and it
was the cash that the department wanted for its coffers. “No, it’s not illegal
to carry cash,” Bates said. “Again, it’s what the cash is being used for to
facilitate or what it is being utilized for.”
The local news channel pointed out to Officer Bates that he had no proof the
cash was being used for no good. But Bates countered with, “And he couldn’t
prove it was legitimate.”
It turns out that property can be confiscated if it’s thought that the money
was involved in illegal activity. In Tennessee, if the out-of-staters do not
hire attorneys and return for a hearing about their matter, they forfeit their
property. Many aren’t given notice of the hearings.
Officer Bates conveniently left out of his report that Mr. Reby told him he
was shopping for a new car.”
The entire article can be read at http://www.bikernet.com/pages/Theives_inside_Our_Government.aspx
Oh Yeah, FTF, FTP
Potius Mori Quam Foedare
“What if you’re a New Jersey insurance adjuster driving through Tennessee as part of your job? You’re stopped for speeding and asked if you happen to be carrying a large amount of cash. It so happened George Reby had $22,000 cash in a bag in his back seat. He’d been negotiating for a car on eBay and wanted to be ready if he could make a deal.
Officer Larry Bates of the Monterey, Tenn., police department seized the $22,000, figuring anyone carrying that much cash must be up to no good. “The safest place to put your money, if it’s legitimate, is in a bank account,” the officer explained. “He stated he had two. I would put it in a bank account. It draws interest and it’s safer.”
Reby was stunned that the cop could legally take his property for no apparent reason. “I never had any clue that they thought they could take my money legally,” Reby said. “I didn’t do anything wrong.”
Indeed, other than going too fast, Reby hadn’t done anything wrong, so Officer Bates didn’t arrest him. It was Reby’s cash that was suspicious, and it was the cash that the department wanted for its coffers. “No, it’s not illegal to carry cash,” Bates said. “Again, it’s what the cash is being used for to facilitate or what it is being utilized for.”
The local news channel pointed out to Officer Bates that he had no proof the cash was being used for no good. But Bates countered with, “And he couldn’t prove it was legitimate.”
It turns out that property can be confiscated if it’s thought that the money was involved in illegal activity. In Tennessee, if the out-of-staters do not hire attorneys and return for a hearing about their matter, they forfeit their property. Many aren’t given notice of the hearings.
Officer Bates conveniently left out of his report that Mr. Reby told him he was shopping for a new car.”
The entire article can be read at http://www.bikernet.com/pages/Theives_inside_Our_Government.aspx
Oh Yeah, FTF, FTP
Potius Mori Quam Foedare