We are living in a time when the due process protections of the Fourth Amendment are more important than ever.
Back in 2012, couple Adam and Jennifer Perry were speeding down an Illinois highway to reach a hearing specialist based in Salt Lake City, Utah who was supposed to treat an ear infection afflicting Adam. Their high speed drew the attention of state troopers, who pulled the couple over.
After a drug dog sniffed the Perry’s car, police searched their vehicle. They turned up empty-handed, with the only thing vaguely resembling the drugs they were looking for being a duffel bag that officers claimed smelled of marijuana.
But they found something else: $107,520 in cash, belonging to the Perrys’.
The officers let them go, but they kept the cash, even though the Perrys’ weren’t charged with a crime or even subject to a search warrant.
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WTF
It could take years
Who cares I would want my money back if I were them
As long as they had a good explanation of why they were carrying so much cash, it should have been given back!
Well if it’s illegal gains then to bad, 0 sympathy for stinking criminals
Who carries $100,000 in a bag in their car?
A pair of these in the back seat could have stop criminals police. People trust no one! The Police are not your friend! what a shame
Story is from 2012 this practice has ended by order of the USAG in 2015.
dont keep any money on you in illinois or the Illinoisstatepolice.org will steal it
alot people don,t like banks . woman dies back in 2005 had 1 million in cash in bags . grandfather keep 50k too 100k in his desk .