Re:A Note to the Celsius Community
by mschuster91 on Monday June 20, 2022 @05:14AM
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> There are recourses against state actions. At least in functional judicial states (which I guess is also a tautology xD)
Unless the police harass you on the street and ~~steal~~confiscate all cash you have on hand aka "civil forfeiture" [1]. There are entire small towns that have set themselves up as essentially legal highway robbers [2], and federal agencies also like to rob people [3].
There's also a Last Week Tonight episode around it [4], it's a bit dated but still relevant.
Here in Germany, we can at least contest seizure orders because we are named the owners of, say, a couple grands in cash... but in the US, the cash itself can be named defendant, which is ridiculous but entirely legal [5].
Unless the police harass you on the street and ~~steal~~confiscate all cash you have on hand aka "civil forfeiture" [1]. There are entire small towns that have set themselves up as essentially legal highway robbers [2], and federal agencies also like to rob people [3].
There's also a Last Week Tonight episode around it [4], it's a bit dated but still relevant.
Here in Germany, we can at least contest seizure orders because we are named the owners of, say, a couple grands in cash... but in the US, the cash itself can be named defendant, which is ridiculous but entirely legal [5].
[1] https://www.aclu.org/issues/criminal-law-reform/reforming-po...
[2] https://www.washingtonpost.com/sf/investigative/2014/09/08/t...
[3] https://ij.org/press-release/highway-robbery-in-reno-nevada-...
[4] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3kEpZWGgJks
[5] https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/george-f-will-the-he...