12-14-2021, 03:54 AM
On 2/2021 Nevada Highway Patrol and D.E.A seized 87K in life savings from a veteran
<!-- SC_OFF --><div class="md"><p>It baffles me that the enforcement authtories can take your property with even a warrant simply because they have "suspicions" on you.</p> <p>This veteran who goes by the name of Stephen Lara, didn't trust banks so he had 87k in cash on his vehicle. </p> <p>The Nevada Highway Patrol pulled him over for "trafic stop" while he was driving to visit his daughters, took the money, and called DEA on him.</p> <p>No chargers were pressed and there was no proof that this is illegal money. </p> <p>What's even more worrying is the fact that the enforcement authtories can resell the confiscated property even if it didn't have any evidence to generate revenue for the department.</p> <p>When a man can't own what he worked his life for, simply because someone deemed it so, do we actually own anything?</p> <p>There are more rights to guns in America than there is to ownership of something like your money.</p> <p>Looking at this incident is very eye opening for me, it shows why we need decentralization, why we need something that's protected not only by law but yourself.</p> <p>Even the FBI needs a court order to unlock your phone, any crypto currency you have inside it can't be "seized" without explicit orders from a court.</p> <p>Looking past the scams, the hacks, the environmental FUDs, what crypto currencies really stand for is truly extraordinary.</p> <p>The transfer of power from a centralized capitalist institutions to a single individual just because someone who goes by the alias of Satoshi thought it was unfair gives me hope in humanity.</p> <p>Edit: Didn't realize I forgot to link the source; <a href="https://www.washingtonpost.com/national-security/stephen-lara-nevada-asset-forfeiture-adoption/2021/09/01/6f170932-06ae-11ec-8c3f-3526f81b233b_story.html">A former Marine was pulled over for following a truck too closely. Police took nearly $87,000 of his cash.</a></p> </div><!-- SC_ON --> submitted by <a href="https://www.reddit.com/user/_DEDSEC_"> /u/_DEDSEC_ </a> <br/> <span><a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/CryptoCurrency/comments/rfeov5/on_22021_nevada_highway_patrol_and_dea_seized_87k/">[link]</a></span> <span><a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/CryptoCurrency/comments/rfeov5/on_22021_nevada_highway_patrol_and_dea_seized_87k/">[comments]</a></span>Kind Regards R
<!-- SC_OFF --><div class="md"><p>It baffles me that the enforcement authtories can take your property with even a warrant simply because they have "suspicions" on you.</p> <p>This veteran who goes by the name of Stephen Lara, didn't trust banks so he had 87k in cash on his vehicle. </p> <p>The Nevada Highway Patrol pulled him over for "trafic stop" while he was driving to visit his daughters, took the money, and called DEA on him.</p> <p>No chargers were pressed and there was no proof that this is illegal money. </p> <p>What's even more worrying is the fact that the enforcement authtories can resell the confiscated property even if it didn't have any evidence to generate revenue for the department.</p> <p>When a man can't own what he worked his life for, simply because someone deemed it so, do we actually own anything?</p> <p>There are more rights to guns in America than there is to ownership of something like your money.</p> <p>Looking at this incident is very eye opening for me, it shows why we need decentralization, why we need something that's protected not only by law but yourself.</p> <p>Even the FBI needs a court order to unlock your phone, any crypto currency you have inside it can't be "seized" without explicit orders from a court.</p> <p>Looking past the scams, the hacks, the environmental FUDs, what crypto currencies really stand for is truly extraordinary.</p> <p>The transfer of power from a centralized capitalist institutions to a single individual just because someone who goes by the alias of Satoshi thought it was unfair gives me hope in humanity.</p> <p>Edit: Didn't realize I forgot to link the source; <a href="https://www.washingtonpost.com/national-security/stephen-lara-nevada-asset-forfeiture-adoption/2021/09/01/6f170932-06ae-11ec-8c3f-3526f81b233b_story.html">A former Marine was pulled over for following a truck too closely. Police took nearly $87,000 of his cash.</a></p> </div><!-- SC_ON --> submitted by <a href="https://www.reddit.com/user/_DEDSEC_"> /u/_DEDSEC_ </a> <br/> <span><a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/CryptoCurrency/comments/rfeov5/on_22021_nevada_highway_patrol_and_dea_seized_87k/">[link]</a></span> <span><a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/CryptoCurrency/comments/rfeov5/on_22021_nevada_highway_patrol_and_dea_seized_87k/">[comments]</a></span>Kind Regards R