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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Re:Gee, I wonder why anti police sentiment exists

[mi]

The most you could say against it is that the system creates a conflict of interest. It still is not created by the police — but by the lawmakers.

This is nothing new, unfortunately, and people — myself included — have been complaining about it for years and decades. Unfortunately, ACLU et al. prefer to concentrate on the bogus "racism" claims — and otherwise address social justice — instead of the real problems and the actual justice...