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Oklahoma State Troopers Use New Device To Seize Bank Accounts During Traffic Stops (news9.com)

mi writes from a report via news9.com KWTV: KWTV writes, "You may have heard of civil asset forfeiture. That's where police can seize your property and cash without first proving you committed a crime; without a warrant and without arresting you, as long as they suspect that your property is somehow tied to a crime. Now, the Oklahoma Highway Patrol has a device that also allows them to seize money in your bank account or on prepaid cards. If a trooper suspects you may have money tied to some type of crime, the highway patrol can scan any cards you have and seize the money." But do not worry: "If you can prove that you have a legitimate reason to have that money it will be given back to you. And we've done that in the past," said Oklahoma Highway Patrol Lt. John Vincent.

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  1. Re:What? by CanadianMacFan · · Score: 3, Funny

    Why would she fix it? She can then say that she'll fix it next time she runs.

  2. Re:War on drugs by Darinbob · · Score: 3, Funny

    Personally I don't find Hillary's hair that amusing.

  3. Re:What? by silentcoder · · Score: 4, Funny

    >You are more retarded than a sack of monkey balls.

    Wait... I need to know, who measured the IQ of a sack of monkey balls ? Is this an objective measurement ? Like, is "Sacks of Monkey Balls" the official unit of measurement for retardation ? Is that SI or Imperial units ?

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