Nah, I think it's cool.

Yes and the video is not indicative of the vast majority of seizures. Outliers exist everywhere in everything. The Post found one regarding cops and sensationalized it, as is en vogue post-Ferguson.

You should really take a moment to take a step outside of whatever bubble it is that you live in to realize that regardless of what your thoughts on carrying large amounts of cash are, it's completely wrong at every level to effectively steal it from innocent people.

There are absolutely reasonable reasons to carry large amounts of cash when driving across state lines and it should be up to the police to prove the owner of the cash is using it for illegal means rather than putting the burden of proof on someone who has done nothing wrong.

There are certainly instances where people carry large amounts of cash on them (going to buy a cheaper used car, for example). And there's noting wrong or illegal about it, obviously. So please don't take this one post/article/video and think that cops over here are willy-nilly seizing money. The vast amount of…

Ok, three vast outliers. Of course shit happens; I didn't say otherwise. But to take those three instances and then vilify the entire police community is stupid. But it's the Post, so they're looking for headlines.

It does if money is properly seized and you contest its seizure.

You wouldn't. But if money were seized, the police officer would later have to enunciate why it was seized (i.e. give reasons why it was seized as being part of a criminal enterprise, drug money, etc.). There would have to be some very good reasons behind this. Then it'd be up to you to prove otherwise.

Yeah.....the whopping $200 was seized because they had drugs in the car. BTW, cops can't "randomly search" cars.

Shit ain't that expensive over here in the Colonies, mate.

I'm not saying this issue doesn't exist; rather, I'm saying that the frequency is far less than the Post wants you to believe. Of course there are miscarriages of justice. But, by and large, the large amount of dollars sized are illegitimate drug money. Post-Ferguson, it's time for cop hit-pieces in the media...

Believe what you want. I'm not disclosing anything.

If it's from ill-gotten means, then it can be forfeited. You have the right to due process to prove it's not. Relax.

You'll have a valid reason/explanation for having the cash, unlike the drug dealer, and won't likely be subject to the same treatment.

No, they do so because it comes from experience with criminals and common sense. The vast majority of people don't carry around thousands of dollars in cash with them. Drug dealers do.

No, it's not. If you're carrying cash to buy a car, you'll have that story to tell the officer. You'll be able to articulate where you're coming from, going to, etc. and the money won't be seized. Drug dealers can do none of this. Then they don't contest the seizure because the money is ill-gotten. This post is…

Your post is confusing... No idea what you're trying to articulate.

If you travel with cash, you'll have a reason for doing so and, thus, the likelihood of it being confiscated is very, very low. Drug dealers have no back story nor reason as to why they're carrying around thousands of dollars. So relax; this post is sensationalizing the issue.

IF this somehow happened to you, you could get your money back after a hearing determining that it wasn't ill-gotten (i.e. drug money). This isn't fucked up because, by and large, this isn't happening to John Q citizen. It's happening to drug dealers and criminals. This post is sensationalizing the issue.

Ok, do that. You're not familiar with the criminal justice system nor the role that the mayor/governor has in government. If police confiscated your money improperly, you could get it back after a hearing. Plain and simple. Relax. This is a sensational posting.