Feds fighting to keep cash seized from person never charged with crime
Now we are subjected to unreasonable search and seizure. If the "authorities" cannot find anything on you, they will take what you have anyway Sheer travesty and government sanctioned theft under Civil Asset Forfeiture . Federal prosecutors are battling in court to keep $167,000 in cash seized in a 2013 traffic stop, despite the motorist never being charged in the incident and the Obama administration clamped down this spring on such asset seizures and forfeitures. The case -- which highlights the ongoing concerns about the government unjustly seizing money and property -- began when a Nevada state trooper pulled over the motorist on a cross-country trip to California. The trooper stopped Hawaii resident Straughn Gorman’s motor-home in January 2013 for allegedly going too slow along Interstate 80. According to court documents, Gorman was allowed to proceed without a citation despite the trooper suspecting he was hiding cash. The trooper said he couldn’t inspect the vehi...