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United States v. Sokolow- bit.ly/3CSabxu
Maryland v. Pringle- bit.ly/3uD2ryp
Civil Asset Forfeiture Reform Act of 2019-
bit.ly/3uDk9C4
bit.ly/3Bc5yPm
Arkansas Code § 5-64-505- bit.ly/3B967cs
21 U.S.C. § 881- bit.ly/35Qz4ye
18 U.S.C. § 983- bit.ly/3oExypx
State forfeiture case (Case ID: 17CV-21-78)- bit.ly/3ss7K18
Policing for profit: bit.ly/3GQCDkL
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@@UltimaBahamutZero I disagree with you, brother. In this case, its the system not the cop.
@@alexrozenbom3430 the system is what caused these cops to do what they did. True but they had a choice. They could've and should've one not assumed anything illegal in the first place. What was the point of asking him to search the vehicle? Obviously race played a role that he wasn't from their state. They profiled that man. Bro should've gotten an F
Conveniently, let the illegal detainment go unacknowledged there didn't you? Rodriguez v US: extending a traffic stop. Just asking him to step out of the car without Reasonable Suspicion of a crime is a 4th A violation and could make any further investigation "Fruit of the Poisonous Tree" OF COURSE Fraudit the Audit would overlook that part. Under recent case law, even a 90sec detainment to ask if they could search was considered a 4th A violation. It is well established that a routine traffic stop is not to be used as a pretext to any other investigation and doing so is a Civil Rights violation is every case. You cannot cease someone's movement in the hopes of finding them committing a crime.
@AaronAlso calm yourself down. I highly doubt it was omitted on purpose & he states that nothing he posts should be construed as legal advice. So chill a little, maybe lay off the Red Bull & coffee for a bit 🤡
The fact someone can not break any laws yet their money taken from them is mind-blowing. This is the exact definition of highway-robbery.
But he was tailgating someone! That deserves at least ohhh let’s say a $96,000 fine.. yeah that sounds good.
There are way more of these stories too, going back decades.
Unfortunately, there are several cases of this. It’s ridiculous that they almost always have to pay for a lawyer just to get their money back too. But of course, they can sue the dept in return. As they should. Maybe eventually, they will catch the hint that not everyone that carries large amounts of cash around are drug dealers.
They are even doing it to armored trucks in California. The armored vehicle in question was owned by a company that hauled currency for legally licensed marijuana retailers. The amounts seized now exceed a million dollars.
Gmta, I didn't read the comments. I said the definition should be changed. 👍
This was armed robbery pure and simple in my humble opinion. Never, ever, allow police to search your vehicle. You will never win. The game is rigged from the top all the way to the bottom.
They will plant illegal things that aren't yours and they will steal legal things that are. NEVER trust any officer.
@@moragslothe6449 Agreed!
police know they get a cut of those funds
True but they if want to search they will say they will bring the K-9s who will find a false positive and conduct a search anyhow. The real lesson is do not travel with large sums of cash until civil forfeiture laws are changed.
@Marshall Williams very interesting. I did not know that or think of it
Hearing people consent to searches is like hearing nails across a chalk board. I feel horrible for this uninformed guy.
Most people make the mistake of assuming cops are good.
Agreed. A piece of me died as soon as the guy said he wouldn't mind if the officer searched the car for no reason other than asking.
It should be like this. “Can I search your car or vehicle?” That question alone SHOULD suggest a cop is NOT there to make sure you have no dust bunnies in your vehicle. He/she is not there to clean it. Common sense.
Whether you say yes or no doesn't change anything
@@Matt-zj9wx sadly you're correct. I'm sure they would've "smelled" something had he said no, and called a K9 unit.
As a non American, this whole Civil forfeiture thing blows my mind. That cops can take money off someone without any evidence to suggest they are ill gotten gains is staggeringly infuriating. It's legal robbery, end of story.
as an American, it also blows my mind
Legalize stealing
What you expect in a 3rd world country...
Yeah, guilty until proven innocent, basically.
And it's not like the guy would slip under their radar. They can papertrail the guy to exhaustion if they want to. There is no justification for acting right there.
_'I was only doing my job.'_ - Emphasis on "only".
President biden was one of the architects of civil forfeiture
I can’t see a difference between this and mafia extortion
Guess they needed some extra cash to protect and serve him better.
The mafia is up front about what they are doing; they don't lie to those they are extorting.
Plus they later tested the money and car and “found” cocaine residue - really sad man
Don’t offend the mafia like that.
Ones legal because it’s the government the other isn’t legal because they hold no standing in the government.
Strip that away, and the mafia seems more just and righteous.
"Freeze! Give me all your money!"
"Help, police! Help, I'm being robbed!"
"We are the police."
My favorite part was when they both agreed he's innocent and not guilty of anything, and then proceeded to rob 'em.
Yet they insist they "know it's weed money" yea like weed dealers keep bank statements 🤔
@@J.C.73 let alone weed dealers let you search their car lmaoooo how ridiculous
@@abi1470 Huh? Can you make that sentence make sense?🤣
@J.C. You worry bud, how could you not comprehend that? What weed dealer would consent to a search. If he was shady and drug dealing, he 100% would not say ok to a search. Scary how that went over your head.
"I don't think he did anything wrong" Officer literally admitted it on camera, then robbed him anyway.
Because he's got a badge and a gun and the DA to back him up and free money in the federal government and states pockets
Why one should never shed a tear for split blue blood...
The most telling part is that the government returned some of the money back. Either it's illegal money or it's not. If you're willing to give some back, then you're admitting you have no proof it's actually related to a crime, but you want a cut regardless. Disgusting behavior.
BINGO
that’s not how i read it. sounds to me like the company was dealing in illicit funds and accepted a settlement to avoid trial. if it was totally legit, there’s no way a company is simply letting $100,000 go without a fight
@Greg McDonnell on what basis do you conclude that?
@@gwp4eva
A trial? For what charges? There weren't any.
Just the fact that they call it "forfeiture" is absurd, immediately following their calling it a SEIZURE! Agreed, HIGHWAY **ARMED** ROBBERY!
I've been involved in a seizure of funds. The cops took exactly 123k out of my home because they thought it was drug money. Cost me almost 20k in lawyers and to this day I still haven't gotten that money back. This was in 2014. This was my life savings that I literally kept in my closet. The forfeiture all stemmed from false allegations that I was cleared of. The money was deemed to be mine by law but all I got back was the money to cover my lawyers fees. This is a way that the government steals from its citizens and is just wrong. The crazy part about all of this is that it was the postal police who did the seizure and raided my home with out a warrant. They said they had probable cause. Such bs.
That's terrible, man. I'm sorry you've had to go through this. I'd be interested in seeing this as an episode on the channel.
gotta hide ur money better i guess? or take it back... and they wonder why people turn to crime... this is the sort of thing that caused people like Billy the Kid & Ned Kelly etc to turn to crime.. the government & big businesses legally steal from people every day and get away with it.. when someone tries to get their money back, they get 40 years in jail
How can something such as you described happen to you?
Why dont you sue
Very easy@@kevinmalone3210
"Pull over."
"we're taking all your money"
The end.
Its robbery.
IT REALLY IS!
Basically!
The amount of money we have to pay in taxes our whole lives is pretty much robbery too especially when most tax money goes to senators and other government officials who already make way too much money.
yeah, but legally, they sadly get a B. :(
we know Him who said, “VENGEANCE IS MINE, I WILL REPAY.” And again, “THE LORD WILL JUDGE HIS PEOPLE.” It is a terrifying thing to fall into the hands of the living God.
"He will bring those wretches to a wretched end..."
"But these enemies of mine, who did not want me to reign over them, bring them here and slay them in my presence.”
This should be illegal. I can’t believe they can just make up something that says “you’re using this for something shady so it’s ours now”
Murica, amirite!!
It's basically no different from Canada's freezing of bank accounts of protesters who haven't even been accused of breaking any laws. The only difference is that this is probably less widespread and not motivated by hatred of political enemies but rather just disdain for the populace as a whole. It's insane that we continue to allow governments to just steal like this.
I think it's even simpler- you have a large sum so it's ours now- these cops know he's not doing anything shady
It really should, it is a violation of due process and another example of the loss of civil liberties due to the war on drugs just like no knock warrants. They should all go away along with the rest of the war on drugs laws like cash reporting requirements and structuring (using just less than the reporting requirements to avoid reporting).
@@quiksix25, every other Court Case in America, you walk into Court with a presumption of innocence, it's up to the Prosecution to build a case to prove that you are guilty! Civil Asset Forfeiture, you walk into Court with a Presumption of Guilt, the Government has seized your property and it's up to you to prove your innocence to get your property returned from the Government! And you haven't been charged with any criminal offence! It's totally against the 4th Ammendment especially as it is usually large sums of money and most bills in the USA have trace amounts of illegal drugs on them! But the Government use this as proof of illegal activities! Wrong, just plain Wrong!
this man had more receipts than a CVS and still got robbed in daylight by people whom are suppose to serve and protect , holy moly
*SOMETHING* is fishy. Why did he get pulled over in two different states for the exact same, supposed charge of following too closely, and then have his vehicle searched to boot? Did the first cop suspect him of being a drug courier and tip off the other cops?
It blew my mind that he consented to the search tho
@elrey8876 most likely the first cop reported the incident and someone in his department knew about this "legality" and passed it down the line for a quick buck
"We both know it's weed money." "Yeah." I don't want people that ignorant to be in positions of power. They had 0 evidence and yet they just know this? Fire them!
Agree, seizing laws should be done away with. And ANY officer that has seized valuables in the past for something stupid as this should have ALL valuables seized from them immediately and distributed throughout the communities…
@@rixyz7013 you'd have to do it the other way around though, otherwise step 2 would not be possible after step 1 😜
Yep, and then pretty soon they’ll become the departmental “weed money experts” for having seized such a large amount of “weed money”, and will then be training other officers on how to identify “weed money” from their extensive experience. 🤦♂️
@@rixyz7013 That will not happen. They make too much money by confiscating money from citizens.
ya and in most states is not illegal so when it does go legal are these people going to be refunded for these accusations ? nope!
WTF how can they do this and get away with it!?!?!?! What if I sold my home for cash and had it with me and was taking it to buy my new home? This could make you homeless and completely devastate your life!! I AM INFURIATED.
that's already happened too
@@joey24698 The entire foundation our economy is based off of would collapse if we weren't able to possess large amounts of money from time to time. This is pure insanity.
then u would turn to criminal and they would have enough justification to send u to heaven...or hell, since u are criminal
The state(s) such as Arkansas are breaking their own laws, and working with the Federal civil asset forfeiture laws to steal a civilians cash, the state if they keep the cash, get to keep 80% of cash, the Feds keep 20%. Shame, it's corruption, and it's out of control.
They would take it and leave you with nothing but you D in your hand
If cops actually enforced tailgating, half the drivers in the US would be pulled over every day.
thank you!
Especially when it simply comes down to the cop's opinion of what's too close. They could effectively pull anyone over anytime on most roads.
I wonder if they even ticketed him for tailgating. It wasn't mentioned.
@@piper998877 no ticket... And the search was because they profiled him.
Around here if you leave a whole car length, someone will slide in.
Giving Trooper Elmore a B is absurd.
Maybe what he did was technically within his authority, but it was completely against the spirit of his position. The policing profession doesn't exist to enable the state to rob innocent people on the side of the road.
Any public officials who participate in this crime against the public belong in prison.
My biggest issue besides the grade was the fact the 2 troopers MADE their own scenario up to make what they were doing valid even there was no probable cause (outside of the money he had from transporting cars) that would suggest it was "weed money" as they suggested.
@@Darksaige Do you have any proof that the 2 troopers "MADE their own scenario up to make what they were doing valid"?
@@jonfox4022 did u not watch the video? Officer said “DPS let it go. I think it’s a good sign we should let it go. We both know it’s weed money.” Then they robbed him
@@jonfox4022 besides the the portion highlighted in one of the clips where they say it?
This idiot almost always sides with LE
This angers me to the max 😡 highway robbery is an understatement
Literal highway robbery.
As we say here in England…..”at least Dick Turpin wore a mask”……
I’ll turn into “law abiding citizen “ movie on them. If that would have been his life saving because he didn’t trust the banks
It’s no coincidence that the first time he got pulled over for following too close and the second time he got pulled over for the same thing. These cops the next day were absolutely tipped off. “Yeah I pulled him for following too close and he had a ton of cash, didn’t take it though because he proved it was legit, maybe you guys can get it”.
The cops entire demeanour as soon as he speaks to him and his tone of voice just speak to him knowing exactly why he pulled this dude over and he doesn’t even talk to him about following too close or anything like that. Just goes straight to asking him to get out of the car and asking to search it. Cop knew exactly what he was looking for.
Thank you!
A complete set up!
EXACTLY ABSOLUTELY AGREE
Disagree. I can't believe that two separate agencies (not even in the same state) could pull off the coordination to find this guy a day later. Additionally, the Texas DPS did their due diligence and let him go. Do you really think that they would voluntarily offer up to Arkansas LE the fact that "we weren't good enough to get him" and then pass on the intell to get the guy that "got away"? I'm not opposed to conspiracy theories but this gives the police way too much credit for the ability and the energy to pull this off. While many are quick to believe that the bias of the police compromises their judgment, it appears that many commenters here suffer from the malady.
Sure was.
People like you make it harder for reform because instead of directing your attention at the problem you go to fantasy land and start making claims almost certainly untrue. It's not a movie. It's real life and this guy lost 100k while you pretend every agency in every state communicate with each other and do so well enough to pin point any car at any time but they didn't just steal it themselves. Grow up
Can't believe this guy literally lost all of his money over consenting to a search. That's gotta sting hardcore.
Why would anyone consent to a search? Don’t you just want to not waste time with a time consuming search.
Wasn't his money.
@@BiciBandido wasnt the cop's money neither lul
@@alphijr Why would somebody consent to a search? I'll tell you why. They think they'll catch a break on whatever ticket they got pulled over for if they cooperate fully. Keep the cop in a good mood and it works out for you. It's the greatest trick the police ever played.
@@alphijr because “if you have nothing to hide, you have nothing to fear.” Cops are the good guys remember.
When he gave consent to search I died a little inside. Poor guy.
Why? It wouldn’t have made any difference at all. If he refused, they would say it’s suspicious to refuse, walk their dog around the car and say it “alerted” to the car, then proceed to search it anyways. And proceed to steal his money anyways. That is how law enforcement legally-illegally searches your car, regardless of if you consent for them to do it or not!! So fucked up and sad
The Texas police officer called his buddy in Arkansas and told him about the money. This is robbery. Flat out robbery.
Seems like that was the case.
Exactly! Why would you randomly ask to search a car after saying someone is following too close?
I doubt it. State troopers love to stop every out of state car they see, particularly in the southern states when your car has plates from somewhere other than the south. Firstly because they know out of state drivers are almost never going to travel back to the state for a court date over a traffic ticket, so they're just going to plead guilty and mail the form in along with their payment. And secondly because they view every out of state driver as a likely mule for drug dealers. So they're always looking to escalate every traffic stop with an out of state vehicle into a search.
Definitely. This was premeditated robbery.
I guess robbery is called "civil forfeiture" now? Whatever.
There's a very fine line between cops and criminals. The rest of the 99.9% of the population just needs to avoid both of them.
No, I don't think stealing thousands of dollars from an innocent man constitutes a 'B'. What the officer did was explicitly against the law in his state and he only got away with it because of a legal loophole. That's an 'F' in my book. Absolutely disgusting.
Agreed, the officer should be thrown in common population jail
This is why people like you get in trouble then get tazed and beaten. You're emotional. This is about the law, not the feelingses.
@@bollockjohnson6156 Your comment is beyond edgy.
@@bollockjohnson6156 How does that boot taste?
@@bollockjohnson6156 well the law itself gets an F. its corrupt. did you notice at end when it was mentioned how forfeited cash/property is used by the police and government. amazing how in a capitalist country, having too much money can get you in trouble. lol
mind numbingly stupid.
They found traces of coke on the money, which is basically on all cash, so they just stole his money anyway. Wow. Just wow.
Money straight from printing had tested positive for cocaine. I have questions.
I’m surprised it didn’t test positive for covaids and they tried to freeze his bank account too because…why not
Two things about that:
1) I don't trust them at all. Cops are WELL KNOWN to plant "evidence." Dusting $$ with coke is the easiest thing to do
2) apparently, the vast majority of $$$ bills have traces of coke on them. I'm not sure why, but apparently it's a thing.
SAY NO TO ILLEGAL SEARCHES!
Also, K9? WHAT K9? I didn't see one there.
And even if that part is true. The dog sniffed drugs on THE FUK'N REAR RIGHT BUMPER????
*It's RENTAL VEHICLE!*
And anyone who has rented a vehicle before, KNOWS FULL WELL that they dealers to NOT clean them 100%.
@Nicholas Time For clarity, you're saying that this residue can stay on bills that are passed around a lot?
If so, THAT in and of itself should make a judge throw out THAT "evidence" as it leaves doubt that the person last having the bills is at fault.
What a screwed up system... wow
Thanks for the info.
@Nicholas Time and what do you suggest communism where citizens dont have any money so they dont have to worry about civil asset forfiture
how are they able to NOT GIVE THAT MAN BACK ALL OF HIS MONEY.? DISGUSTING
This is the first time I completely disagree with your grade, the trooper knew the man was innocent, he's on camera saying as much. The guy had documents and receipts and was questioned once already. The civil forfeiture laws are a violation of our rights and any one who blindly follows them or worse, uses them to rob law abiding citizens deserves a giant F!
I agree with you, but you have to put yourself in his shoes though. I don't understand AtA's grading system sometimes, either, but I think he's just grading solely on conduct while trying to appease the public too, or the people that watch his videos. If he just outright kept on giving police officers "F's" for "illegal activity" then it would imply more so as hateful bias rather than an informative / justice TH-cam channel that tries to promote an unbiased review of the conduct between the public and law enforcement. He probably feels like his videos wouldn't make a difference if he didn't grade on anything other than conduct. I think he tries his best and does obviously consider illegal activity, but I think his true aim is to make a difference. He's going about it the right way I think, sometimes you just have to do things in a certain respectful manner in order to make a difference or gain the people's trust. I get it, and it sucks, I'm sure there are a lot of times he wants to just lay into how pathetic all of this organized crime really is as well as call them out on their bullshit. Unfortunately that would blow his cover, and make his channel's aim unsuccessful/unproductive.
The grade goes to the law.
It's straight up theft ! They are assuming you are guilty before charging you with anything assumption is not fact.
most of the stuff he did was 100% legal. he got a B because He didn't have to do what he did but it was well within the scope of the law
@@georgewashingtoniv8745 False. There have been plenty of times where ATA gives grades on morality as well. Cops who are aggressive @$$holes and escalate situations get Fs on this channel all of the time! There's nothing illegal about them being d!cks.
I give Audit the Audit an F for giving a B to any government official involved in this disgusting highway robbery.
I'll give a C: While AtA is correct that the officers never exceeded their rights, and I think there is Some merit to asset forfeiture, that is, as a result of a criminal conviction, or pending trial (with funds held in escrow pending results), it is woefully abused, an in a case where the officers literally say "I don't think the guy did anything wrong" this should be treated as needless and severe escalation, resulting in a C- or lower- just barely scraping a pass on technicalities, but should be scrutinized for their action.
They can even take you house or any property you own to make it legally theirs or sell your house and property for 3 times as much as old early retirement scheme
California officer can lie that you property is involved in a crime and may seiz you house and property for personal gain
@@tonybo312 🍪 heres the cookie you wanted
@@tonybo312 how can a terrible injustice be LEGAL in the justice system??
obviously there are way to many loop holes in the system and it dosnt really work to well...💀
He literally gave him all the necessary information and receipts. The fact that the cop took the money away anyway (when there was a lack of probable cause - see receipts) is not deserving of a B, but an F-.
Reminds me of those Customs Officers who joyfully confiscate people’s cash at the airport and actually get upset when they can’t take people’s money away.
I go 15 grand western union to me from my mom for a car and the feds stopped the transfer for a week, the feds made the car dealership fax all the info and my mother literally paid over 700 bucks to western union for me to get my money that day in minutes. But they held it for 7 days and made us jump through hundreds of hoops for a mother sending her son money for a car. BS SMH. But I did learn never to carry or send anything over 9,999 dollars cause once it's over the 10k mark the feds automatically get involved. I feel so sorry for this dude losing 100 grand. Government biggest scumbags alive.
@@NonBathingApe6969 Government is the highest form of organized crime
For sure. Can actually rob you and get away with it.
@Brandon Reaarick I didn't know they automatically got involved. I'm sorry for what happened to you dude, that fucking sucks. It might be their way of stopping scams or drug deals (at massive amounts) and the like over western union, even though the criminals probably found a loophole
Such filth should be given maximum prison time instead of given a B. Also forced to wear a pink overall with large printed letters FORMER POLICE OFFICER, maybe that will help such trash to behave more properly you see🤨
A cop's job is to enforce the law...not to be a fund raiser for their department.
This is so atrocious and sickening.
The fund raising part in contained within the law. This is one big fat example of that. Being pulled over and having your vehicle search for "following too close" without any other evidence is ridiculous.
These blue isis domestic terrorists are nothing more than revenue collectors for their city/state.
So this is all fine with people but paying taxes makes their blood boil?
Giving the police their own way to raise funds let's them off the leash.
I’m confused why the cop gets a “B” ? He stole money from a man, based on zero evidence of a crime. That’s an “F”, legal or not.
because 65% of the money ultimately went towards funding the police. that is why the video author supports this policy. very biased view, probably going to unsubscribe after this.
This channel chooses to focus on what is currently legal and within courtroom precedent. It doesn't advocate for what is morally right or what should be the next statuary change (even if that is obvious from the presentation of the story). In fact, the call at the end to contact your representative and share your opinion on civil forfeiture is one of the clearest statements I've heard here. The very fact that the trooper acted within his authority and can technically earn a B is what should embarrass and shame himself and the entire system that incentivizes and allows this kind of thing. The fact that the channel does deep research and exposes the loopholes within what is even technically legal is a very important service. Anyone can point out the ignorant and illegal acts happening within modern policing. I find the morally evil acts which are technically legal far more concerning and often difficult to expose.
@@benicia21 What makes you think the author in any way supports civil forfeiture? A B grade simply shows the failures in our current laws that allow this kind of behavior in a technical sense. The fact that ATA highlights this egregious example and then goes on to encourage contacting your representatives with your opinion (without implying what that opinion should be in order to maintain a defense of neutrality in case internet censors come after him) seems like an indication that they consider this an important issue and one worth our time correcting.
@@davidzeiger7925 thank, but I’ve seen every video. cops have discretion. He could have chosen to leave the guy alone because there was no evidence of a crime. “F”.
@@ohnoitsthatguy09 While it's true that the officer _could_ have left the driver alone, he was not _obligated_ to do so. You mention officer discretion, but that is a flimsy hope in this day and age. It's better to have a legal system of laws, courts, and departmental policies in place that make officers morally accountable and obligated to do the right thing in these circumstances. Instead we have explicit financial incentives to do just the opposite. While the officer deserves an F in the moral arena, he earns a B in a technical sense. This translates to an F for the entire system that encourages and perpetuates this thievery.
Corruption at the highest level. This is criminal!
This one of my biggest peeves. I can't stand the thought that innocent people can have their property take with little to no recourses. I'd rather let 100 dealers and their cash go free than have one individual raked over the coals like this. You think this might be why people are souring on the police?
You think this is the only reason people lost respect for police? Lol
It's one reason out of many.
Cops are legal thugs that only care about their union. They've done this to themselves and it's going to get worse
@@runeheadah No, not the only. Since I was directly stating ONE of my biggest peeves. I thoughts that was clear enough. There's always one douchebag though, huh?
@@juddcarey You made it clear that you were asking the question: "You think this might be why people are souring on the police?" And now you're making it clear that you are a name-calling douchebag. Think before you speak.
How can you say that this Officer did nothing outside of his authority when he seized the money despite it being the ONLY item of suspicion? The Law states that it may be seized, but only when it's among other/Additional suspicious circumstances? You gave this cop a B , horrible. At some point, this Police Department must have learned that this cash was not associated with a crime, so how in hell were they permitted to keep 60% of it? Civil Forfeiture has turned Law Enforcement into the mob and has legalized criminal theft. Once someone has been charged and found guilty and that money can be tied to the crime, then I'm fine with that....but this is outright theft and criminal law enforcement.
This is "Civil Assets Forfeiture" and it is bullshit, agreed wholeheartedly.
If you have over a certain amount of cash the presumption of innocence goes out the window somehow and it becomes presumption if guilt.
The more one knows about the way CAF are made the more disgusting and obvious it becomes that it's indeed highway robbery legalized.
what the heck? they literally took 60% off someone's hard earned cash? wtf is this man!
AtA says the cop did nothing outside of his authority, gave a B because it wasn't AtA's money seized. Period.
I asked the same question. What did the cop have to do to get an A? Transporting $100k in a personal vehicle will make anyone suspicious (both cops and civilians). Legit cash businesses make frequent cash runs to the bank. They movement large sums of cash with Brinks or electronically.
Drugs were detected in the vehicle and on the money itself.
Most money especially $100 bills have traces of cocaine on them. There are statistics on this. To use that because “some of the money” had cocaine on it doesn’t mean shit. That’s crazy.
What was done to this man was Road Piracy and should be illegal.
We badly need to reform our law enforcement practices-to wit, ending or seriously curtailing qualified immunity and civil asset forfeiture.
I’m a former police officer and current law student . I couldn’t agree with you more . These practices need to come to an end including no knock warrants as well.
The entire government needs their power checked. It is rotten to the core. More individual power, less government power.
@@ES-je3em my dad always said that when someone asks you 2 to 3 questions back to back. It’s not a conversation. Point: don’t answer questions. Police tactic 101. Eg. “Where are you coming from…” that’s getting old.
You're spot on!!!!!!
I despise the "defund the police" movement.
But "reforming" is something that needs to happen immediately!
I understand police officers have a hard job that is full of dangers and lairs, but they also do not help themselves out a lot of the time by treating people like crap.
*abolish
Most money has cocaine on it😂. I’ve never done cocaine in my life and a border patrol unit said I had cocaine traces in my wallet with money.
People should be allowed to use deadly force against someone that steals large amounts of cash from them.
Typically you can. But not for just a theft. Robbery yes. But you don’t have any of that here so it’s really not relevant.
I gotta say, I disagree with you when you say it’s difficult to fault an officer for acting within their authority. Taking advantage of a broken system when it is clearly against the public interest, is a problem that lies with the frontline. At any point, an officer can decide a situation like this is reasonable and allow the citizen to be on their way. My personal score would be an F.
Yeah it’s moments like these where I disagree with Audit the audit.
Fraudit the Audit is a serious boot licker. This is a common theme in his videos.
Shocking commentary from Audit the Audit here. I firmly believe the channel is deliberately trying to be controversial here in order to spark debate and garner more views. Very grotesque and stupid is how it comes across. Clashes with prior commentary as well in other vids.
So I agree with you about this video but I have to say normally cops are graded with great judgment on this channel which I appreciate.
@@jackburton2680 never never never travel with large amounts of cash
This happens really often. I once got pulled over, my car smelled like weed (it literally always does because I smoke before I go to bed in my car, I had no marijuana or drug paraphernalia in my car.
Even with no evidence, the police ended up taking my tips from work claiming that I was obviously a drug dealer.
So this basically states that as a citizen you can't travel with your own cash and if it gets seized the government can "settle" with you to give you a portion of YOUR money back. That's absolutely mind boggling.
You don't have to settle. This could have gone all the way to the SCOTUS had the guy wanted to. But I think that they (victim) just wanted this nonsense to be over with.
Wasn't his money 9:50
@@Shrimp_Insurance irrelevant. Transporting money for a company for a car deal, the owner of the money doesn't get their money because the government didn't want to give it back. There is no way to spin this to make it right on the Government.
@@jthomp366 Never said it was a good policy
@@jthomp366 wait wait, why the gov only give the portion of the seized money??? i didnt get it, the reason sems absurd
Makes my blood boil that its not just straight up illegal to seize this kind of stuff without charging a crime AND THEN NOT GIVE IT BACK WHEN YOU DONT EVER CHARGE THEM POST INTERACTION! THAT IS STRAIGHT UP THEFT!
I would not let him take it. I don't care if they are tyrant vermin or not. I don't trust anyone who think they have a higher power over me. No crime then he has no powers. and I don't consent to any unlawful orders or laws.
These cops would find themselves in a gun fight with me over this. If you think im just going to let you take my money when no laws were broken, you are wrong!! You are going to have to kill me for it
Sadly, they’d accept that challenge
@@linda-0587 Good. It would clear my conscience should I win the gunfight. Problem with this country, is very few people want to stand up to tyranny
@@JohnnyJPatt it is not worth your life. yes it sucks but it is never worth your life.
I'm surprised they settled. How can they claim they found traces of cocaine when the dash cam footage doesn't even show him doing a test? That's some straight up bull shit right there.
The whole "We know it's weed money" comment is sickening too. Cops don't have the "innocent until proven guilty" mentality, and that's the biggest problem.
$100 bills showing traces of cocaine? There wouldn’t be any $100 bills left in circulation if they all were tested.
Weed money is also legal in 34 states.
@@kentlbrown5810 Not federally. Federally, weed is still considered a controlled substance, the same as meth/crack/cocaine. It's why you can't use a credit card at a weed shop, banks can't allow it. You basically have to launder the money, legally, for a bank to take it. Even though it's state legal, FBI/DEA still can raid and shutdown and charge weed shops. They generally don't, but they can if they wanted to.
They settled because it would have netted them even less, even if they outright won their case.
Our Gov is the worst crooks by far...
Rare video that actually makes me feel sick to my stomach. He was cooperative and thought the cops would do the right thing. Goes to show, it doesn’t matter who they are, don’t answer questions and don’t consent to searches..
No it's not rare if you look you will find a lot of videos about this happening in ALL STATES. It's disgusting and criminal in my book they know it's wrong but do it anyway and to heck with actually making people homeless . They should be fired and put in jail
Civil asset forfeiture is more common than you know. It's THEFT. Without any investigation of how the money is obtained is a violation of due process.
I said it’s rare that a video makes me feel sick, not that asset forfeiture is rare
I punched my steering wheel when he consented to search. All could have been avoided, not that I'm condoning the officers actions either.
Part that pisses me off the most is that we have the officers talking about how they believe he is completely innocent and there is no real wrongdoing going on... Yet they seize the money.
The moment you say NO to a search is when they REALLY wanna search. We're all bad guys in the minds of bad cops.
Also, without sitting there and counting every single bill, how would anyone know that the cop didn’t steal thousands for himself first? This makes me literally sick to my stomach!! 😡
Stop giving cops grades higher than a F because "they were within their legal bounds." Grade them against their intended legal bounds. Just because you can doesn't mean you should.
The legality is the ENTIRE purpose the the exercise here. If you don’t like cops fine, but don’t let your bias stop you from educating yourself on what is and is not law. Smh
Exactly! It's on par with saying the nazi scientists deserve a A+ because although they were inhumane they were within legal bounds lol like what?
@@bloodshotred6334 offensive and stupid at best comment. Mass scale genocide and human experiments v. Civil asset forfeiture. If you can’t come up with a good example, just shut your mouth Marjorie Taylor Greene. 😂
Way a minute they sold his money and got a way with it. NO FUCKING WAY!!
You don’t think the trooper would have called for a K9 to go around the car and make a “hit” on some suspicious substance you’re nuts. This is flat out extortion.
I just politely asked about this (K9’s getting a ‘hit’ when it’s clearly bs) on the Protect and Serve subreddit and the loser moderators deleted the post.
Even though I know there are tons of good cops. Even though I have police officers in the family and I’ve been on ride alongs… no… no I’m a bad guy for asking ‘isn’t it easy for ethically questionable cops to use K9’s as a tool for satisfying a fishing expedition when they have no pc?’
this is a clear example of government theft. This makes me so fucking mad
Law enforcement has lost 110% of any respect that I may have had over the last 45 years .
Go ride a motorcycle for a while and you'll REALLY learn to hate police. The amount of profiling and intimidation cops to to bikers is enough to make your blood boil.
America...
Come on, you old bastard. Surely you've not been lying under a rock for all these years 🤔
@@infinitewisdom4557 nah . . . you just crawled under the rock I was standing on ; )
Well, there is your problem. .. you suck at percentages.
You're too lenient with grading officers sometimes man... this officer deserves D- or lower
That was good of you to give the officer a B for being "within his rights ",but I think this is LEGAL THEFT and Legal Bullying.
Just something to consider, these guys are the ones who have to go to a person's home and break the news that a family member has been in a accident, and that the "courier " might be involved in illegal activities and was supposedly following to close...we don't get to know that, so maybe I shouldn't have been so quick to judge,..we can't pre judge them any better than they can pre judge us.
It's especially since the officer already had a biased opinion towards the guy stating that it was weed money without having any evidence to back it up or support it Yet he still follows through with his biased opinions this is not Justice this this is straight up stealing
Audit the audit is full of shit... A "B" when he robbed an innocent man?
Literally highway robbery
All drugs were a constitutionally protected right. How do we know this? The 18th amendment. The 18th amendment established prohibition ... The 21st amendment repealed prohibition.
Government learn from this ... Gov can take your rights away through legislative processes.
Authority is an interesting word ... Kiss the Bill of Rights good bye.
I disagree fundamentally he has a right to do anything he did, but I guess when you ignore the constitution, anything can be made legal.
If someone took my life savings.
I would take away their.. Life.... Savings.
Happened to me in Illinois. Was moving to Colorado from NY. State patrol stopped me for not having my headlights on in inclement weather ( as the cop stated to me ) it was barely snowing out in the afternoon. I had $30,000 on me from my house that I sold in NY. Cop asked if he could search my car I thought nothing of it and let him search ( big mistake on my part). He found my $30,000 and took it and arrested me for money laundering. Stayed almost the whole night being questioned by the Illinois State Police. Had to pay $300 to get my car out of lock up, and they took my $30,000 until I had my lawyer fax them all the details of the sale of my old house in NY to prove that is my money. They sat there and counted all of the $30,000 by hand right in front of me and gave it back. Before I walked out I asked so what is the legal limit of cash a person can carry at one time that is not illegal. They couldn't give me a straight answer because there is no law stating that a person cannot carry large sums of money. They're just hoping that you just forfeit the money so they can keep it.
Just saying when it comes down to money cops get crooked and greedy and they only reason they pulled me over was because I had an out of state license plate not the b.s of not having my headlights on.
Where is the freedom of this country when you can't even cross state lines without being pulled over because of an out of state plate?
All n all I give the Illinois State Police and "F" for 🖕
I give the victim (me) an "A" because I got there asses and got my money back.
Wow, at least you got it back though. This guy lost the sum of an entire house for the average joe just because he was kind enough (or ignorant enough rather) to comply to the officers request. He did nothing wrong and had nothing to hide so how can this injustice occur? Insane!
I'm glad you got your money back Never heard of this crazy shit
In Denton TX, a retired fire-fighter on a false traffic citation stop, had a cop take his $80 dollars of cash out of his wallet & of coarse the money was never returned back to him!!
"within his authority to seize the cash"
Civil asset forfeiture is immoral and repugnant. Any officer who enforces it is complicit in evil, and the erosion of the basic concepts of liberty that the country is built upon.
Hope that cop meets a pissed off vigilante one day.
and cops wonder why they are so hated!.. I know of ones that do a great job and a great service, but these guys make the good guys quit because they cause so much hate for their fellow cops that all we are left with are the corrupted ashats.
Let me get this straight....a business lost 60k of their hard earned cash even though they didn't anything wrong and had to pay attorney fees on top of that.
And you are saying police only get a B.
So much for land of the free and home of the brave.
Fr fr
Disgusting police
That's how you keep the peasants in line😉
I don't understand this either. Was this really the end of the story?
he explained that drug marijuana money is not legal by the federal government laws but only legal in the state. that's why they couldn't just transfer the money through the bank. I'm not with the cops in this tho.
He shouldn’t get a B , as soon as he seen the money he ‘assumed’ it was drug money even though there was no evidence to point in that direction. Cops always think you’re guilty. I would sue for the rest of the money and all legal fees❗️🇺🇸
this is blowing my mind. First time I hear about this.
I literally always thought you could be straight with a police officer if you didn't do anything illegal... Turns out you can still lose your money. That's unbelievable
Not true at all, they will have a conversation with you like you are best buds and the whole time the only thing in their TINY F brain is how the are going to screw you
that's why today cops are hated more than ever, and the cops wonder why the public doesn't trust them anymore, well here's a glowing example of why. there was no evidence at the scene of any wrong doing, carrying cash domestically in any amount is not Illegal, called the source verified it but proceeded to take it, there was need to call the prosecutor or anyone else, that was done to cover his butt because the cop wanted to take that cash, period.
Never talk to cops.
This is why it’s bullshit when people say “If you have nothing to hide just comply with the police.” Anyone who tells you to throw your rights away is an idiot.
I talked to a cop one time and yes, he made it seem like he was my friend and on my side. He used what I said against me. Since then I don't answer questions that I don't have to.
It’s strange that I never see videos of cops helping people.
Everyday is more videos like this.
I can be arrested and lose my whole life just for existing.
You never see it because A. It's not as newsworthy and B. You're not searching it
I mean... just look up "good cops". It's not that hard.
There are plenty of good cops caught on film. However, just like anything else it’s bad deeds that make headlines. We are also a victim of algorithms and such which filter what kind of content we see based on what pages/links we interact with.
@@davich_ Plenty of those videos on this very channel
Learned the hard way, dont let cops search your car. I let a room mate drive my van to work for a few days. He left a weed cart in my car. Now i have a felony because i was certain there was nothing in my car
This is just disgusting. They basically robbed this guy blind on the side of the road and will face absolutely NO consequences for it.
They’ll get a promotion
not basically, literally.
@@ObesePuppies and a kickback of the settlement
Don’t you love how nice cops are when they’re stealing large amounts of money from you?
Right?! It is a little creepy actually 😳
How does a “traffic stop” turn into wanting to search a car for drugs/weapons etc? They knew their department would benefit $$$ from this interaction regardless of whether or not this man’s money was legal or illegal. Financial motive > Law
Literal piracy
The authorities should be required to return the money plus compounded interest over the time it was held. Time is money
Usually with a normal police system, all asset taken will be kept in different government department, like local treasury and been insured. But this what we get from Patriot act
The cops somehow know what they're looking for. They are told or they monitor
Wouldn't be surprised if it's racial profiling
If you make it where police can profit from seizures then you can expect them to steal under a different name whenever they can!
Before watching this I already know by the title that this is a civil forfeiture case. Sadly, civil forfeiture is a legal way of stealing money from people. So messed up
So im curious how many bills tested for cocaine. Cause with that much cash, you are basically statistically guaranteed to have a couple bills that have been used to snort cocaine.
By state law cops have the right to seize all property that they think deals with drugs that includes money your vehicle your house your land and they don't even have to prove drugs were involved. Not at all according to the law they can take your cash or your car or whatever and claim that has to do with drugs. Then you have to prove your innocence to get your stuff back. What happened to innocent until proven guilty isn't that the motto the cops are supposed to uphold. When did it change to guilty until proven innocent?
Ive seen reports that up to 80% of all bills will test positive for cocaine. Seems an insane basis to rob citizens.
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There is no way in hell would I let these vermin parasite's take my money. High way pirates don't get a free pass. And I don't care the outcome.
Innocent until proven guilty is The queen of Britain's law. In the US the police can take your goods and chattels without proving anything other than they are in your possession. That's why the population of the US had an unsuccessful revolution against George Washington and the US Congress.
It really started in the 80s under Reagan and tough on drugs approach. And guess who one of the senators who also was a leader in that charge? Our current president Biden. To answer what happened to innocent until proven guilty, is they made it to where the constitution protects you against criminal law. In this, taking your money through civil law, they say the constitution doesn't apply as much. Thus why it's up to the individual to prove their property is innocent. No one said anything in the 80s when people thought they were just going to use it against drug dealers. But the minute government takes more power, it's only a matter of time before its used against everyone
It used to be that taking someone else's money was called robbery.
Remember to write to your congressional representative so they can send your letter to the trash, give themselves a raise every chance they get, and fill their pockets while lying for a living. Amazing that an innocent person can be legally robbed.
Long as the peasants keep obeying it'll*always* be this way
They didn't even give him back half of the money. Wow 🤦🏾♀️
People, stop letting the police search your stuff... I hurts my soul whenever someone says "well, if you have nothing to hide...." That's not the point. You're putting the rest of your life completely into the hands of a complete stranger who's a police officer. Not all are corrupt but your rolling the dice isn't worth it.
"You're putting the rest of your life completely into the hands of a complete stranger who's a police officer"
EXACTLY!!!! You never know which one is corrupt or not and if they gonna plant drugs to frame you so they can look like heroes and get promotions!!!!!!!!!!
if you refuse that gives them the excuse to arrest and still search your car
@@frankchacon6490 Okay, you have absolutely no idea whatsoever what your rights are, what the laws are, or what an "amendment" is, or maybe even a "constitution"? I'm being serious too when I say that... Who in the hell told you that?!?!?
You cannot seriously suggest a trooper that went on a fishing expedition, who then seized $100,000 with no evidence of wrongdoing is worthy of a B!?
The video producer has no common sense. He is so interested in technicalities that he forgets the plain obvious truth of right and wrong. The police organized to steal that money and just because it's called legal does not mean it's right or just.
@@lembas. you mean the law LOL
@@robv5834 Who wrote the law?
@@lembas. smh now you’re being a fool. Take a guess, who do you think wrote that law?
@@robv5834 You're the fool. Did you learn nothing from the video? The man made law allowed this man to be robbed of his money. Is that right or wrong?
Imagine you carry a lot of money with you, being scared that someone would rob you, only for the POLICE to rob you.
A grade of "B" to the criminal that stole money from an innocent person?!?
It’s more so a problem with the law than the officer themself
It’s insane that the courts said buying 2 plane tickets for $2100 in cash is out of the ordinary. Like wtf. Seeing these from a few years ago really shows how law enforcement hasn’t been protecting and serving in very long. They treat everyone like a drug dealer or some kind of criminal. And even when they’re wrong they face zero repercussions. It’s disgusting
This is scary and sickening. I have more than once carried a large sum of cash on my person while going to look at something I was interested in purchasing via private sale. I can't in any way understand how this is allowable and in particular in this context. Absolutely sickening. 👍🇺🇲
My advice to you is, don't do it anymore.
Trooper Elmore gets an F for Highway robbery
The officers get an "F"
F-
The chief debriefing his police officers at the station "how do we keep 50% of all seized money"? The police all shout back at the top of their lungs "it's weed money"!
Never ever give consent. Always refuse so you can resolve issues in court. Not on side of the road. No matter how innocent you think you are.
This smells like a setup
Crooked Government 🤬
It's messed up they can just steal your money. I've had it happen to a friend of mine who was on his way to buy a car for 2500.00 the cop stole his money and couldn't get it back.
Corrupt govern system
This is another prime example of why having cameras on cops is super important, and NEVER EVER EVER under any circumstance give consent to search anything.
Ever
they don't need consent, they will call a drug dog that will magically alert, the will claim the smell weed, and a new one their using is if the see sudden movements from the driver they are pulling over they can do a search..... your not gonna beat them
Yea but they'll bring there k9 fake, ly and violate your rights
@@rubenrangel6980 "Their". Use the 3rd person possessive. Not 'there' as in; "look over 'there'.
WOW!!! LITERALLY HIGHWAY ROBBERY!!!
This is just disturbing. Thanks for bringing more light to this corruption.
He is playing both sides of the fence to make money.
@@bigcat4O8 who?
@@ft9unib0mber13
Audit the audit is
@@bigcat4O8 he’s saying the law is corrupt. Not sure how that puts him on both sides of the fence. The officer was legally allowed to do what he did, which is why the law needs to change.
@@TRIX-wn2sl how, it's clearly abuse of power, what fence is there to sit on, this is his job ofc he's trying to make money
Roughly 90% of bills in us circulation have traces of cocaine on them, this literally makes no sense how they were allowed to seize the money. Completely insane
I work at one of the Big Four Banks, and i always advise customers to never travel with large amounts of cash if it can be avoided. When they need to leave the bank with it, i tell them to have a trust friend or family member instead law enforcement for their own protection.
I read that nearly 96% of circulated cash has drug traces on it. Of course a dog will hit and a swab will be positive. You just can't even have cash anymore. If he refused consent then they get a dog and make it hit and search anyway. It's all crazy.
know another sick thing too about 98% of all cash has feces on it too, but hey lets take the money for that too while we are at it!
I've always been amazed that forfeiture like this wasn't immediately slapped down by the courts. Court cases allowed in in certain circumstances but then departments then took that to mean it was open season on any large sum of cash and that was never the original intent that allowed seizures. The sheer amount of legalized crime this could foster in our system had to be foreseeable. Sure enough forfeitures started funding police forces. It is obscene beyond words that this is allowed in a supposedly free country.
Edit: I've watched and commented on several of your vids but this is the last one. To give anything other than an F is obscene. You do not deserve the traffic and i'll be dammed if i help someone who thinks it's ok to rob people under color of authority.
You and everyone else in the comments here need to chill about the rating. They don't think it's "ok" and they blatantly say so during the portion where the rating is given, but the ratings are based almost purely on the legality and the cop was within his _legal_ right to seize the cash. It's fucked up but the cops are incentivized to do this, the real F rating goes to the lawmakers.
@@Proud_Knight The whole point of the Audit movement is to stand up for our rights to ensure that they are lost. By not calling them out on his platform he is betraying the spirit of that movement.
@@poulthomas469 Listening to what he says directly following the rating sounds to me like he's calling them out. He didn't just give him a B and call it a day, he literally called the fact that this was within the bounds of the law "disturbing" and then even went on to question how they use the money. You act like some letter on a TH-cam video that cops nor congress will likely ever see is more important than trying to get the law changed, which he essentially urges us to do at the end of his assessment. If you feel so strongly about this, speak to your congressional representative like he suggested.
@@Proud_Knight 100% right here, and I’m glad I found the ONE commenter here who isn’t just reacting from their gut, haha.
YES, it sucks that the money got taken, and YES, of course no-one thinks it’s cool. but what people seem to miss is that the cop was acting within his right/authority in a system that encourages this kind of forfeiture (/theft). he even seemed inclined to follow the precedent of the Texas investigation to just let the guy go, but being uncertain of what exactly to do he deferred to his superiors, who unsurprisingly encouraged him to take the cash.
sometimes, everyone can have decent intentions and do what they’re supposed/expected to do, but still have a bad net outcome. sometimes, the “system” itself just sucks - the byzantine assemblage of laws & administration can create blind spots, and what it functionally yields is, as a result, “DISGUSTING.”
call your rep, call your senator!
@@Proud_Knight No its an F because they had no reason to take the money none at all, they can think what they like they can prove nothing.
I dont know about US, but in Germany there are traces of cocaine found on almost every single bill.
I had a cop ask for permission to search my vehicle. I asked if he had probable cause. He said, " I don't, but if you don't voluntarily consent, you must have something to hide, and that is 'probable cause'. I said , "I don't consent". He searched anyway.
I had a cop search my car without asking. I was 17 so what did I know. It was also 2 a.m. on a deserted street. I knew there was nothing in the car and he kept trying to make mountains out of molehills. Got away with an unnecessary noise ticket for a tire squawk when my rear (drive tire) slide on a wet painted line and then got traction. Cops are dicks.
@@johnandrews3568 Small town cops are the worse! most Female cops are horrible!
Asserting your rights is not probable cause. The cop violated your civil liberties.
Almost like the cops in Texas phoned their buddies in Arkansas to let them know this guy was coming.
That’s what I thought
Absolutely...they split the money
100%
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Bingo
Mr Aubudoss made a few mistakes. Let us count them 😅
I just say, it's completely wrong. They need to re-write this law locally, State, & Federal.