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I think these days anyone with more than a few hundred dollars of cash on hand is justifiably raising suspicion. Who uses cash these days? Except when someone i
by anovikov 3y ago
I think these days anyone with more than a few hundred dollars of cash on hand is justifiably raising suspicion. Who uses cash these days? Except when someone is flying to a country where credit cards are poorly or not at all accepted (wartime Russia), or where the exchange rate is manipulated so it's silly to use them (Venezuela, Argentina), and maybe some 3rd world countries in general. Yes i take $5-10K of cash with me when i fly to Kyrgyzstan "just to feel safe" (but i have nothing at all to substantiate my concern and never actually needed it - cards are accepted everywhere except taxis), but we are speaking about U.S. domestic flights.
Seeing people with considerable amounts of cash as suspicious makes some sense to me.
- advisedwang 3y agoEven if it is suspicious, that's no reason police should be able to seize it. Generally suspicious activity that doesn't point to a particular crime is not even enough to justify a traffic stop, let alone a warrantless search.
- legacynl 3y agoExactly. Supposedly there already is a clear and distinct line where officers are supposed to go into action and that is the law. Seizing based on suspicion only introduces the officers own biases
- eesmith 3y agoThe officers don't know the passengers have cash, so that is not cause for suspicion. The search method described doesn't seem that voluntary. The article never mentioned how much cash - what do you consider "considerable"? ATL->LAX may be only the first leg of a trip somewhere where you think it is reasonable to bring a considerable amount of cash. The people searched are disproportionately black. Black people are disproportionately poor, disproportionately under-served by the banking system, so more likely to carry and use cash.
- yieldcrv 3y agoOr when you go to a state that has zero major banks but want to put a deposit down on rental but all the payment apps have arbitrary payment limits that make it impossible or the exact same scenario but you dont use a major bank so have no banking to get that much cash quickly or cheaply the list goes on
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- RajT88 3y agoThe John Oliver episode on it dug up the fact that sums as little as 100 dollars are seized and most seizures are less than 300. I travel usually with 150-200, just in case of credit card issues. You can bet I would be mad as hell if police took that kind of cash. That is not "asset forfeiture" that is a mugging.
- jandrese 3y ago> Who uses cash these days? Every day laborer is paid in cash around here. Many of them don't even have bank accounts. Contractors have to have big wads of cash handy to get work done.
- Suzuran 3y agoBeing suspicious is not a criminal act. We are supposed to be innocent until proven guilty.
- rokkitmensch 3y agoI love carrying a few hundred bucks in cash, can make things super easy in random situations. Moreover I'm not in the mood to run to the ATM seven times in a night at the strip club. It's like owning firearms: I find the practice and exercise awesome, and that's all the justification that I need!
- Ylpertnodi 3y ago>Seeing people with considerable amounts of cash as suspicious makes some sense to me. Then investigate and find a crime, no reason to plainly steal the money.
- JohnFen 3y ago> Who uses cash these days? Plenty of people. I don't think using cash is even a little suspicious, but even if it were that doesn't justify the authorities stealing that cash. Carrying cash is entirely legal. There should be at least some indication that the money is connected to a crime before confiscation, and the mere existence of the money is not an indication of a connection to a crime.