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Institute for Justice footage of Nevada Highway Patrol troopers seizing the life savings of Stephen Lara, a retired Marine, during a traffic stop under civil forfeiture. The video documents the stop and the case that followed.

HN commenters cite it as a concrete example of police seizing cash from innocent people on flimsy pretexts.

Law, policing & justiceFree speech, censorship & civil liberties#civilforfeiture#police#lawenforcement#propertyrights#instituteforjustice

3 comments from Hacker News

@yellowapple2022 · in “Increase: Banking API”

> It'll def just be ignored, as it's on a high percentage of notes[1] for any transaction anyways [2]. Cops have used cocaine residue as "cause" to rob people of cash: ▶ this video

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@iliketrains2022 · in “Amazon sent the FBI to take my family’s bank accounts”

Recently I've found the Institute for Justice, a nonprofit that among other things fights to end civil asset forfeiture practices. They have so many heart-breaking stories on their youtube channel! For example, did you know that cops can seize all your cash during a traffic stop, regardless of you having receipts of withdrawal? See ▶ this video Or, government took all of a family’s money (incl. from bank accounts of two teenage daughters) based on mere suspicion that one family member committed a crime: link

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