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Title: Cops Now Using a New Device Allowing them to Steal Cash From Innocent Citizens Like an ATM
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Activist Post
URL Source: http://www.activistpost.com/2016/06 ... steal-money-from-citizens.html
Published: Jun 8, 2016
Author: Claire Bernish
Post Date: 2016-06-09 06:15:09 by Deckard
Keywords: None
Views: 6187
Comments: 36
As if civil asset forfeiture, where police can seize your property without having to prove you actually committed a crime, wasn’t contentious enough already, a new device allows the Oklahoma Highway Patrol to steal money directly from your bank account — on the spot. And it’s already in use. The Electronic Recovery and Access to Data Machine, known by the acronym ERAD, can scan your bank account and prepaid cards, giving OHP instant access to the balance — and the funds — if a trooper believes the money is tied to a crime. OHP rolled out 16 ERAD devices in May, and unsurprisingly, has already employed the technology. You don’t even have to be charged with a crime to be a victim of these badge-wearing armed robbers — which makes OHP’s new ERAD device an astonishing prospect. “We’re gonna look for different factors in the way that you’re acting,” Oklahoma Highway Patrol Lt. John Vincent told local News 9. “We’re gonna look for if there’s a difference in your story. If there’s some way that we can prove that you’re falsifying information to us about your business.” What Vincent seems to be saying is OHP will try its damnedest to find a reason to rob you at gunpoint. “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,” Vincent added. This reasoning turns the very concept of innocent until proven guilty on its head. And State Sen. Kyle Loveless said cases where police abused this new system have already come to light, including single mothers, a cancer survivor who had their medication seized, a Christian band, and a number of other completely innocent people. “We’ve seen where the money goes and how it’s misspent,” Loveless said. In fact, this is intensified policing for profit. News 9 obtained a copy of the contract between the state and ERAD Group, Inc., which shows Oklahoma paying “$5,000 for the software and scanners, then 7.7 percent of all the cash the highway patrol seizes.” But law enforcement obstinately claims this isn’t about the money. “I know a lot of people are just going to focus on the seizing money,” Vincent stated the obvious. “That’s a small thing that’s happening now. The largest part that we have found … the biggest benefit has been the identity theft,” he added without further explanation. Controversy over civil asset forfeiture (CAF) surrounds the fact law enforcement is under no obligation to prove the property it seizes could in any way be tied to criminal activity. Once police have your property, most departments are free to essentially divvy it up amongst themselves. Countless cases dot headlines around the country evidence thousands of innocent people as victims of this financial terrorism perpetrated by the government. Police even managed to ‘seize’ $53,000 from a Christian band, an orphanage, and a church. Earlier this year, one of the creators of CAF tellingly called for the program to be abolished — and though it was briefly suspended, the Dept. of Justice allowed CAF to resume in April. Sen. Loveless feels a conviction should be necessary for police to seize money using ERAD, and plans to introduce legislation. “If I had to err on the side of one versus the other, I would err on the side of the Constitution,” he explained. “And I think that’s what we need to do.” 
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#1. To: Deckard (#0)
Getting property back from the police.
And just how is a site in the UK relevant to the theft of money from innocent citizens in the United States by badged thieves who now have the power to get into your bank account and steal THAT money as well? Sod off you bloody wanker.
Stupid question. Let me try to educate you since you asked it. The Common Law of England is in general the basis of the law of all the states of the American Union except Louisiana, whose system is based upon the Civil or Roman Law. Ergo, the procedure is applicable in the U.S. As you continue through life with your ignorance, just remember that I will be here to try again to help you.
You're full of shit. In the UK asset forfeiture proceedings are initiated under the Proceeds of Crime Act 2002. These fall into various types. Firstly there are confiscation proceedings. A confiscation order is a court order made in the Crown Court requiring a convicted defendant to pay a specified amount of money to the state by a specified date. Secondly, there are cash forfeiture proceedings, which take place (in England and Wales) in the Magistrates Court with a right of appeal to the Crown Court, having been brought by either the police or Customs. Thirdly, there are civil recovery proceedings that are brought by the National Crime Agency "NCA".
Then the procedures in the U.S. are better ... good.
#8. To: Gatlin (#7)
Only in your delusional head.
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#5. To: Deckard (#2)
And just how is a site in the UK relevant to the theft of money from innocent citizens in the United States by badged thieves who now have the power to get into your bank account and steal THAT money as well?
#6. To: Gatlin (#5)
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Ergo, the procedure is applicable in the U.S.
#7. To: Deckard (#6)
Replies to Comment # 7. Then the procedures in the U.S. are better
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