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> A person shouldn't be subject to seizure of their savings just because they're a little different than most in the handling of their finances. I agree, that
by defen 5y ago
> A person shouldn't be subject to seizure of their savings just because they're a little different than most in the handling of their finances.
I agree, that was the whole point of my comment.
> I might be OK with the warrant you describe, but that's not what this was.
I know, that's why I presented hypothetical alternative actions law enforcement could have taken, as a thought experiment.
At the root of the issue is this: absent explicit evidence of a crime, should possession of arbitrary amounts of cash be considered suspect? Suppose he'd been pulled over with 2 million dollars cash in a truck and said he'd intended to use it to buy a mansion but the transaction fell through. How should law enforcement respond? Is there any amount of cash where you'd say "Something isn't right here"?
- ceejayoz 5y agoI agree that $2M cash in a vehicle seems suspicious, yes, but I'm uncomfortable with the idea that it's probable cause without additional evidence. In part because having $2M cash isn't illegal, and in part because if you make it illegal, you have to start defining what the maximum acceptable amount of cash is.
- chrismcb 5y ago10,000 USD. I'm not disagreeing with you. Just saying that 10k is currently the accepted maximum. Actually it is 9,999.99.