I just stumbled upon someone asking how much cash he can carry on himself without a risk of a police officer taking it away. Then when I scrolled through comments it sounded like a police officer can decide to take away your money and NEVER EVER give it back!
Is that actually true??? I mean, the idea that police officer can take your money if they decide you have “too much” on you is insane already. But even if so, there is no way you can’t then go to police station or something and get it back!
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Yes, cops can just take your shit forever without charging you with a crime. Civil asset forfeiture is a bigger class of theft than burglaries and robberies. All they have to do is claim they suspect the item in question is involved with a crime and that’s enough. People have the cash in their wallets seized, their jewelry, even entire cars. If you want it back you better be willing to play paperwork pinball for as much as a year, assuming they don’t go ahead and auction it off.
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