re: Dallas PD steals woman’s $100,000 dollars; Praises dog

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It's not quite that simple. Granted, I've only done one civil forfeiture case related to drugs, but I'm fairly certain that the state has to offer more than just "she has money".

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Wrong. This is literally ALL they have to do. All they need do is assert that it looks fishy. That's about it.

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Looking at it from the government's perspective, which I don't always agree with, I can't think of a scenario where someone would have $100K in cash on them that wasn't either ill gotten gains or lawful gains that were untaxed where there wasn't a paper trail for it.

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Cool story. The burden of proof is ON THE STATE. Not the burden of likely or the burden of, gee, seems odd or the burden of, come on, who would do that.

PROOF or GTFO