Although travelers are allowed to carry as much money as they want when flying within the United States, if police find cash and believe it’s tied to a criminal enterprise, the burden is on you to convince them otherwise, even if they don’t charge you with a crime.
Sounds like a clear violation of the Fifth Amendment.
“You are innocent until proven guilty, but you are not just carrying around $1 million or $10,000 in cash without some level of notification and legitimacy,” he replied. “You’ve got to be able to demonstrate some level of legitimacy.”
What the actual fuck? No, it’s on the police to prove wrongdoing. See the Fifth Amendment.
No, but see, they’re charging the money with a crime, not you! And because it’s not a human they’re charging, silly things like constitutional rights don’t apply!
The only thing more absurd than that argument is that a judge bought that argument.
The argument was supposed to be used for such things as a vacant pirate ship with unknown owners, but has since been perverted beyond all reason.
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This is an issue at Atlanta’s airport as well.
