Re: OT federal confiscation without due process was Re: OT - in serach of Hardware re

"HeyBub" <heybubNOSPAM@gmail.com> wrote in message
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> Pete Dashwood wrote: 
>
> Slight addition to the above scenario: The subject is a resident of the
> U.S. (not sure if he is a citizen) and lived with his four (now probably
> ex-) partners in Phoenix, Arizona.
>
> I remember another case wherein a man riding in a pimpmobile was
> traffic-stopped and several tens of thousands of dollars was confiscated.
> He sued. Three years later, at a cost of many thousands, he got his money
> back.
>
> As he, flush with victory, was being driven from the courthouse in his
> (newer) pimpmobile, he was stopped and (wait for it now), his many tens of
> thousands was confiscated again.
On what basis is this confiscation made, then?

Does the US allow Law Enforcement officers to rob its own citizens, purely
at the discretion of the Officer? Seems an odd basis to claim a "democracy"
on.

If someone wins Lotto, for instance, and has a bag with a million dollars in
it in their car, could this be subject to confiscation? I can't imagine any
society in the world (apart from certain dictatorships/police states)
treating their own citizens this way.

'Splain me, please :-)

Pete.