Your money is your own, right?

Not if TSA employees at the airport are in the mood to harass you! Watch the video to see what happened to one law abiding citizen!

http://www.brasschecktv.com/page/589.html

I thought he must have like 500k on him, lol 4700?

ARE YOU FROM THIS PLANET?

it would be somewhat interesting if it was a huge amount, but 4.7k is nothing... wtf are these guys doing? Do they not realize that people carry a lot of cash when they travel? I'd be willing to bet that at least 100 other people went through that airport with more cash that day.


Obv avoiding the question of if they could do this with 500k or something, but at least that question would be somewhat interesting.

but think of all the drug dealers

lol....

listened to it, and laughed about them questioning him like this...'uhhhh, i'm on vacation???'

gg @ 'am i required to answer by law?'...

ron paul, ftl...

The answer to the question, I think, is that it is not illegal to carry any amount of cash but federal officials can confiscate it. Right?

This just seems like a huge instance of failure to communicate on the part of law enforcement.

Sure, there are the mountain men who support RP and are all about militias, but this kid so obviously falls under the more typical RP supporter, cash whore that doesn't want to pay taxes.

If you can't tell the difference, here it is: The militia men won't walk around with $5k in cash on their person.

There very well may be laws against transporting certain amounts of cash over state lines/thru airports, but I could hardly see it being under $10,000.

Oh, why not?

Poor hicks, ldo.

this kind of **** happens all the time to people who carry a lot less than 500k in cash, if you're traveling internationally you're supposed to declare and fill out a form if you want to carry more than 10k and you'll most likely still get harassed/robbed by customs...there was a huge thread in HSNL about this where many people shared stories about being harrassed by police/customs/DEA officers and some had tens of thousands of dollars confiscated just because the government was suspicious of the cash

the OP of this thread got royally ****ed by the government

http://forumserver.twoplustwo.com/19...velers-398198/

as long as you're traveling from state to state you can carry as much cash as you want without declaring it afaik

True for all forms of transport? Just cars?

hmmm not sure, i was talking about airlines but i don't see how you would have to declare anything when traveling by car...i don't know for sure but i can't see them making you go through all the trouble of declaring 10k just to drive across state lines (although it really wouldn't surprise me with how ****ed up the government is)

This is the reason I think there may actually be laws regarding it.

i'm almost positive that carrying it by car is no problem, just be aware that if you're ever pulled over and they search your car for some reason (don't ever consent to a search ldo) and they find a large amount of cash you will have to answer for that and there is a good chance that they will seize the money and you will have to fill out paperwork/go to court to get it back.

if you're heading to vegas or something for a big event, say the WSOP and you'll be needing a lot of cash you're probably better off just wiring it and not taking that risk (although its a very small one)

Don't answer any questions.

This kind of crap is so terrible. How awful is this police state going to be in 5 years when 10k buys a freaking sandwich.

Catch 22 imo -

Cop: "Can I search your car"

You: "No"

C: "I find it suspicious that you won't let me search your car, I'm now within my legal rights to search your car, or get a warrant, because you refused to let me search your car (reasonable suspicion)" - insert random line about 'if you have nothing to hide, blah blah blah' at some point

Y: "fml"


(I don't know if this is possible, and hope it wouldn't hold up in court, but it's something I could totally see happening.)

Does this go both ways? Like, would a bunch of people cheer me on if I said something like, "Boy, when Obama's done with our nation and we're all rich and a bucket a wings costs $0.33 because the dollar is worth more than any other currency, they won't be able to do this at all, because today's millionaire will be rich with only a few thousand dollars! ZOMG Socialism is teh graet!"

a refusal to consent to a search by itself is not considered probable cause so in a perfect world no that won't happen. you say no, they'll try to persuade you, you keep refusing and they'll either let you go, ticket you for whatever you got pulled over for or call in a drug dog. they don't need any probable cause to call in the dog though so make sure you're aren't carrying any illegal narcotics. if the dog gives a positive (even a false one) they now have the right to perform a full search of the vehicle...obviously the officer could lie and make up some bull**** story about probable cause (and the judge will probably believe him over you unfortunately) if he searched illegally and found something but idk there really isn't anything you can do about that, hire a good lawyer and hope for the best

You are technically correct but practically wrong! Make no mistake about it:

If you are driving on I-95 or I-75 in Florida, get stopped for speeding or any other traffic violation, & law enforcement finds "excessive" amounts of cash on your person or in your vehicle, they are going to confiscate it & you are going to be forced to go through the time, expense, & hassle of expaining why you had so much $ on your person & that it is legal / declared money. They (the authorities) are going to automatically assume it's drug money & confiscate it, because if it is in fact drug money, they get to keep it!! And God help you if you also happen to have a weapon on your person or in your car!

Sorry, I don't have the links to support my statements above, but as a longtime resident of Florida, I can tell you that there have been a # of news articles over the years about this exact situation--law abiding citizens getting their money confiscated simply because they had "suspicious" amounts of money on their person. The one article I remember best was about a guy who was traveling with his wife from Orlando to south Florida to buy a used car, he got stopped, & they confiscated 14 grand. Don't know whether he got it back or not (I assume he did) but that's not the point.

The "Land of the Free" is no longer free!

Something similar happened to HSNLer Viffer: http://forumserver.twoplustwo.com/19...velers-398198/

Um, I would be glad (and shocked) because I have a positive amount of money. People with debt won't dig it though.

well reasonable suspicion doesn't give the officer the right to search a car, and that would never hold up anyways.