Why the U.S. Department of Justice ended program seizing millions from airline passengers

[@hotttt28]

And yet nobody held accountable!

[@JusticeforJessica-Gomez]

Yes actually look up the Institute for Justice they have been very successful in stopping this and look up the case of Stephen Lara versus Nevada highway patrol accountability is being demanded it’s just it just takes a while I think

[@DadCanFixAnything]

​@@JusticeforJessica-Gomez, accountability being demanded and accountability being carried out are two very different things and 'we the people' need to keep demanding accountability and supporting organizations like the Institute for Justice that help fight tyranny and look out for the legal rights of citizens.

[@WeThePeepHole333]

Time and lots of money to successfully get back your money which is often times more than what was taken ​@@JusticeforJessica-Gomez

[@smokeyjayshouse]

They should be in prison for these crimes

[@angelperez7891]

But this sort of day of reckoning will come!

[@cazmaniandevil1]

If we ran an extortion ring in the airport. We would be in jail.

[@angelperez7891]

That which you saw is an extortion ring!

[@Chino-b7o]

Drop what case ,there wasn't a damn case just an armed robbery by the fukin government,via the dea.

[@CherRich-d7r]

Unless you gave a cut to the police and the DNC. Then they'd protect you.

[@JerryCalvert-x9u]

If we sat in a chair at the airport in a manner unapproved we would also be in jail.

[@Therecouldbehope]

Imagine how much money was stolen by the agency.

[@neilkurzman4907]

Oh, this is just a portion of it. Many states steal money using the same techniques. But remember to thank GW Bush just one more major failure of his administration

[@ronaldcarrel5388]

Not enough. 😂😂😂😂😂😂😂

[@neilkurzman4907]

@ It’s all fun and games as long as it’s other people’s money

[@MrTweetyhack]

you mean the mafia?

[@CherRich-d7r]

@@MrTweetyhack NWO ZOG

[@DadCanFixAnything]

Let's get the wording right, the officer didn't just remove the bag, he outright stole it.

[@neilkurzman4907]

No, under the law, they legally took it. The law is a funny thing. And this travesty of a program has been going on for close two decades

[@Rightrudder2]

yes, that is exactly the correct wording...

[@Mercmad]

"...we have been doing this for years and years.." Imagine the billions raked in over the time period(1975-2024) that they have been stealing this minute.

[@lenseay7645]

Then engaged in some next level gaslighting thatcould only come from a highly trained psychopath

[@davidgloor7222]

While armed.

[@MissingLink-hb9ov]

now they should be ordered to pay it back.

[@JohnDoe-qz1ql]

With interest, actual damages, And punitive damages

[@shanincoffer6455]

EXACTLY 💯

[@Huzzunga]

Damn right at the same exorbitant interest rate the irs charges citizens for late payment of extortion on wages now called income

[@neilkurzman4907]

Since it’s voluntary, they’ll be no payment. And since the courts refused to take this and make a proper ruling, these people won’t get their money back. By the way, part of the dealers will give you half your money back if you sign a paper saying you won’t ever sue us for the other half

[@3_Klos1122]

Well these task force people out here treating every citizen like they’re a potential payday

[@phill6859]

The person who recieved a cut from the seizures should have to forfeit the money and do jail time

[@waynegordon6385]

@@phill6859 EXACTLY

[@neilkurzman4907]

The person? This goes to the department budget. You think it goes to a person.

[@jwile21]

@@neilkurzman4907they literally said the tipster received a cut of every forfeiture in the video

[@neilkurzman4907]

@ But not the officer.

[@jwile21]

@@neilkurzman4907 but not the officer what?! Nobody said the officer gets a cut. The OP says the person who received a cut from the seizure should have to forfeit the money.

[@Beardog53]

Agent PROBABLY has a lake house funded by THIS.

[@saundrayork767]

all airline employees who received a reward for reporting passengers to the DOJ, should be fired.

[@waynegordon6385]

A million thumbs up 👍🏿 to that investigated news team. Note to all news media. This is a perfect example on how media should conduct information to help and aid the public.

[@problemiz405]

They did a fantastic job with this one.

[@angelperez7891]

Yep!

[@MichaelDillin]

Amen!!

[@angelperez7891]

@MichaelDillin And a big, fat AMEN from me!

[@SnowTiger45]

@@problemiz405 Too bad they couldn't get it right and be consistent with the likes of Donald Chump.

[@ianbattles7290]

Civil Asset Forfeiture implies that there is no LEGAL method or reason for any citizen to possess more than $100 in cash.

[@SLYSHY58]

It's no one's business why I have money in my bag.

[@rogergeyer9851]

And for one OBVIOUS thing, $100 is NOT MUCH now, compared to even 55 years ago (pre inflationary 70's). I'm all for trying to stop drug traffickers, but that should NOT be done by violating many people's constitutional rights.

[@JohnDoe-qz1ql]

It’s not that, it just simply ignores the 4th amendment. The forfeiture occurs on simple “suspicion”. It’s robbery, plain and simple. Welcome to the 21st century.

[@ajcook7777]

Isn't it $10000? Not $100? This OIG dude throws the DEA under the bus on this on... He also said that it is "concerning" that people were harassed and deprived of their civil rights under the color of law because they purchased a last minute ticket... CONCERNING? More like highly illegal, ethical lapses start at the top. And he also said that they (DEA) were told 10 years ago they cannot be doing that... Further implicating the government of not following up, having any oversight, etc. for the last 10 years?! Holy fack, this is a RICO charge no brainer

[@SLYSHY58]

@rogergeyer9851 the government should stop trafficking the drugs and guns. Cooking crack in court houses and selling it to the people. Now it's fentanyl with trank in it. WHO MAKES THIS STUFF? 🙄 it ain't us.

[@robertmichalk1322]

Cops are required to wear cameras but not DEA agents???

[@neilkurzman4907]

Required? Not under a law many departments prefer them because they solve more problems than they caused.

[@adamemmrich283]

He's not a DEA agent. He's just a cop playing at being one

[@JimboSlice-t5i]

Tyrants don't like being recorded Second amendment is specifically to protect yourself from them

[@marioamayaflamenco]

"Suspending" sounds temporary.

[@Rightrudder2]

That is exactly what it is........law enforcement across the Country continue to STEAL from Citizens. They call it Civil Asset Forfieture very often cash is taken and never returned and NO charges are filed the legal agencies divide the monies. it must stop....

[@vegan-cannibal714]

That's because it is.

[@CherRich-d7r]

It is. They're waiting for the internet censorship to get tighter.

[@barrymickelson1184]

DEA needs to be closed down!

[@madmaximilian5783]

The rules of law or the Constitution means nothing to these oath breaking criminals.

[@reneesimerale]

How will that work?! There police departments KNEW this was going on!! CORRUPTION!!! AT IT'S FINEST. The Airport even knows!!!! This is b.s.!

[@RailBuffRob]

Trump will say that he'll fix this, he won't make the slightest attempt, but he'll say he's gonna.

[@AskRemy]

@@RailBuffRob i hope you are wrong

[@myutubehandle47]

This is nothing but flagrant legalized theft.

[@VanGeo1]

I worked for the TSA at the time this DEA program was going on. We were instructed to report to the DEA if we discovered a passenger was traveling with alot of money. I never complied with it because I recognized they were just using "because drugs" as an excuse to just steal people's money.

[@RussellD11]

only because you didnt get a cut... most get a cut and happily report..

[@VanGeo1]

@RussellD11 We do get "performance bonuses" for "good finds". But I didn't comply because my job is to stop threats to our transportation systems, I don't work for the DEA. Someone carrying money isn't a threat. And I was already aware of the DEA trying the "civil asset forfeiture" BS.

[@SS-fp6kz]

@@VanGeo1🫡🇺🇸

[@jodahlin3315]

A TSA PERSON took my metal card holder, which had 500 .He took it while I was being pat down. I'm a large old woman. I was yelling at the top of my lungs. Where is my money ? I saw him pull it out of his pocket . I had described what the card case looked like! That was the last time I flew!!!

[@VanGeo1]

@jodahlin3315 If you had it on your person while going through screening, it would have been placed through the x-ray and could be retrieved where you retrieved the rest of your property If he stole it. You should have absolutely reported him. We are not to put passengers property in our pockets.

[@tombombadil3185]

Years ago I had an X brother-in-law who got busted with 100 hits of LSD. He didn't go to jail, he went to work for the DEA. Other alphabet agencies do the same thing. I have lost all respect for all law enforcement and government.

[@ajcook7777]

Alphabet agencies? Lol you might wanna look up your terminology

[@DaleLeisenring]

​@@ajcook7777It's very simple. Have you ever heard of FBI, CIA, FCC, EPA, FDA, ATF? His terminology was precise.

[@donniekraus1273]

Snitches and DEA declared war on good citizens. Oh what a surprise. When the shit hits the fan those badges and uniforms will disappear, fearing the impending justice the American ppl will place upon their heads.✊🏻🇺🇸

[@pandamandimax]

Kinda concerning you've never heard of the phrase "alphabet agencies" (refers to the acronyms DEA, CIA etc.) and that three people were dumb enough to like it

[@EODHammer]

Soon

[@ChristopherDecenaZaozaoWang]

Them being gone is not enough . Those DEAs should be arrested . They’re criminals .

[@jowhite8446]

Absolutely right!!

[@angelperez7891]

That is one reason why police-free communities were set up, for instance, at Capitol Hill in Seattle, WA, during the COVID-19 pandemic.

[@WalterWagner001]

Sadly, it woud be a tough suit. They were doing as they were told, hence governmental immunity.

[@GOLDVIOLINbowofdeath]

You know they don’t care who’s money they seize, as long as it’s green

[@kazkz5331]

They do care, you'd never see them do this to a congressmen. Anyone else is fair game.

[@paulmccarter908]

You know that's not true. Elon billions are safe

[@juliencooper177]

Every now and then these kinds of official crooks get a person of higher authority. It just takes a usually officially dressed person seen in media to go casual, add a bag and even with hair not done as usual and that place and time becomes the surprise victim who's ID is too hot to handle. ->Oops

[@EmilyBieman]

I agree, (except in that first case, with that poor Chinese man ), but as the vid progresses, it seems they are just chasing money, and it seems to me that they think black people have all the money now. Maybe those DEA agents are chasing "money", as they think now, the poor white people have none because all the black people are yelling so much about discrimination, so that they get everything, for fear of being accused of being discrimintive! Those journalist are fabulous. Well done. This is exactly what journalism is about; exposing the bad injustices that are going on in the world.

[@arcanondrum6543]

"Cash can be confiscated by police and used to pay for the "War on Drugs"", implying that it was a Tax Savings on taking our Rights away. I remember when it began, it was the George H.W. Bush Administration, after his predecessor had "gotten tough" on crime (but Gary Betzner and Barry Seal were importing coke for him in a complicated, Contras/arms for Iran deal). Media reported on the new confiscation as "tough on crime" but even people that I knew weren't alarmed enough to say much. Iran/Contra? No, they went to sleep and even humored Ronnie when he made a pretend (literally a weekend) war on Grenada.

[@jayltgen7155]

Since 1975 the government should return all the forfeiture money back to the rightful owner plus interest and a public apology to the all the us citizens.🤔🧐

[@SLYSHY58]

They created so much red tape 😮

[@ronniewilkerson2027]

It's sad that those whom we're supposed trust can't be. And they will never do such because it would mean they are guilty. And they are.

[@JusticeforJessica-Gomez]

And significant punitive damages so as to discouraged reoccurrences

[@angelperez7891]

No matter your race!

[@ronaldcarrel5388]

😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂

[@wishmire33]

By their own admission it took the Federal Department of Justice more than 10 years to learn about this problem of the DEA robbing and stealing cash money from innocent citizens of the USA. And then only learned about this problem thru an outside private media company doing their own investigation. What does this tell you about the incompetence of the Federal Department of Justice, and the illegal tactics of the DEA ?

[@thomasspringer5187]

If you believe they didn't know what they ordered their agents to do, you'll believe anything ! They were put on the spot and claimed ignorance !!!

[@regularguy8592]

the people IN charge are the ones having this done ,they knew all along

[@masskilla469]

The Federal Department of Justice knew about it all along but they did nothing about it because they were benefiting from it aswell.

[@JusticeforJessica-Gomez]

It’s either organized criminal gang activity under the color of law or its incompetence

[@splinter1055]

They are lying, they boast about the billions

[@davidbarnes5280]

Shouldn’t the federal and local police be held liable for illegal searches?

[@chrisp5329]

Thank you! Your work and dedication has helped protect thousands of folks from these unjust and illegal actions.

[@charlespaine987]

So why are not dea agents on their way to jail for civil right violations, theft ,violation of oath of office, the air employee should be sued as well fired.

[@mauricecyr2137]

The Institute of Justice and this reporter needs to investigate Highway Patrol using the same techniques... Great job!!!

[@Georgina602]

“Why would anyone travel with cash?” OMG. These questions are what’s wrong with our media and country. It is Not illegal to carry cash!

[@markuswade2158]

Thank goodness!! This robbery went on far too long.

[@angelperez7891]

This is one reason for the aet up of police-free communities like in Capitol Hill in Seattle, WA during the COVID-19 pandemic.

[@HoneySuckle123]

Thank you, Thank you, Thank you!!!! Now listen: Independence is a power to freedom.

[@Dark_Knight_USA]

Greetings: Airports are not the only place this occurs. Private travel also: Buses, trains, ships, Etc. Also the commercial transport industry drivers have been 'extorted' about as long as the business. LEOs taking cash on roadside traffic stops and inspections. If such proposed law is approved, hopefully it will cure such disrespect of law and citizen. Thx 4 the share.

[@JusticeforJessica-Gomez]

Yeah look up the case of Stephen Lara versus Nevada highway patrol and state of Nevada

[@neilkurzman4907]

You forgot private automobiles

[@terryrazor4959]

The airlines the employs worked for should be taken to court.

[@jimdennis9628]

"You disobeyed me, you disrespected me" That's USURPATION, you narcissist!

[@blakemcleroy4812]

Absolute hard working smart journalist

[@rogergeyer9851]

In my experience, re incidents with friends, etc, LEO NEVER apologize when they falsely accuse people, say "We know you did X", etc. All they'd have to do is admit they were wrong and it would be MUCH more reasonable. Instead, it makes lots of people NOT trust them.

[@xonx209]

Prosecutors also never apologize for putting innocent people in jail.

[@klister]

An airline employee is getting a cut? Sounds like the airline owes a lot of people a lot of money!

[@archiesanford7535]

It's illegal seizure before the search and if you don't want to call it seizure it would be theft period. The DEA shouldn't be getting alerts about any citizen purchase and the airline should be liable for releasing citizens information. Then when law enforcement commits crimes against citizens they must face prosecution. We the people are tired of government protecting government and walking all over the people that your hired to serve. This isn't a isolated incident it's a everyday occurrence illegal search using dogs for false alerting illegal seizure continuous violations of citizens rights by multiple agencies. This is why qualified immunity must be abolished and law enforcement held accountable for their actions. They enjoy causing undue hardship when you don't immediately concent and follow their orders,miss flights vehicles towed property seized unlawful arrest costing your employment planting drugs wrecking families. Then they hide the evidence of your innocents want release public records file false reports or no report at all. If you make them mad enough you get on a no fly list,or end up law enforcement radar turned in to ATF IRS FBI HLS Boarder patrol anything to cause hardship and suffering.

[@WalterWagner001]

The airline that was feeding the info about passengers with cash to the dea agents woud be fair game in a civil suit.

[@I_AM_able_319]

who trained these fools and who covered up their behavior. this should be considered domestic terrorism

[@MaekarManastorm]

Because they got caught

[@ianbattles7290]

"Power never voluntarily limits itself."

[@ManMountainMetals]

Simple answer for a simple mind. 😂

[@LibaaxTopG]

So TSA officers have incentive to notify the cash forfeiture cops . So much corruption .

[@brucekamminga9395]

Will the illegally taken money ever going to be given back?

[@sqeekykleen49]

Only if you can prove how you got it.... bring tax docs .... or that is dope funding.... they will smoke the money!😮

[@JosephPemberton-i4g]

How many millions of dollars has the DEA illegally stolen

[@danielk4996]

I wonder how many cars the tow truck driver steals from innocent people that get pulled over by the cops

[@levelup843]

Thank you for keeping the investigation ongoing. They've been doing this for decades. Sadly, police departments are still engaging in asset forfeiture during traffic stops

[@MissingLink-hb9ov]

and LE wonders why they are hated.

[@rogergeyer9851]

Right. Reasonable cops are fine. It's all the JERK and CRIMINAL LEO's that are NOT.

[@streetlegalsprintcar]

Look at how aggressive the agent is. This is because he keeps some to all of it. ❤❤❤❤ like a drug addict looking for a fix

[@neilkurzman4907]

No, he doesn’t get to keep any of it. But I’m sure it helps his promotion.

[@streetlegalsprintcar]

​@@neilkurzman4907But they are paying the airline employees that are tipping off the agents when they identify passengers that bought a last minute tickets with confiscated funds.

[@pandamandimax]

They get to keep 8% it funds entire departments and ensures they keep hiring and getting increasing paychecks

[@pandamandimax]

If a TSA agent informs them of someone carrying cash they also get a cut of it in the form of a bonus. All while the individual has committed no crime.

[@spoiledme5802]

" Badges? We don't need no stinking badges"

[@Kitchfox]

They're just laying low till this blow over. They are going to start this back up until people start going to jail.

[@glam2gobeauty811]

Just doing away with the program to me means no heads will roll, and it will be re-introduced under a new name smh.

[@PureMagma]

In 2021 I purchased a car out of state, bought a one-way plane ticket from Boise to Seattle and I was pulled aside "because I bought my last minute one-way ticket and paid for it in cash." and I was taken to a room and searched as well as my possessions. "FORTUNATELY" I had printed hard-copies of all the proof-of-purchase paperwork of the car that I was traveling to take possession of and drive it back home. THAT was not 'compelling' to them ... what they couldn't argue with me about was my brand new proof of insurance, proof of financing and my well worn Rand-McNally folded travel map with my route home mapped and where I planned to over-night on my drive back home. Otherwise this would have been me fighting with the government.

[@pandamandimax]

Yeah but you are not required to say anything to police at any time and you can't be punished for that. It violates the 4th and 5th amendment and people just roll over instead of filming it, not consenting, and filling a lawsuit

[@pandamandimax]

Just want to add you *are* required to give the police your name and your ID ONLY, in case anyone is listening and hopefully starts invoking their right to not speak to police. Yes it's hard but they cannot do anything to you too make you talk. Don't be intimidated. talking will never help.

[@phill6859]

You should get triple damages for seizure of cash

[@madpatriot4608]

Whoever told you that one person can't make a difference lied too you,as we can see 😂

[@stickysden]

Well? Not that simple... 1 person, correct! ✅ At, the Right Time, & while watching a video of an investigation into the very actions being taken! 😉✌🏽

[@katiekane5247]

The Institute for Justice has been litigating this

[@Rightrudder2]

This is only part of the problem.......Civil Asset Forfeiture is still in full swing with State, Local, and Federal agents within our boundries......They want the population to think they are after drug dealers. However, overwhelmingly funds are taken from regular citizens and No charges filed and NO cash returned.....they tell the citizen to sue them for the cash return.....but in most cases the legal fees are greater than the value of the cash...it is called theft by cop !!!!! Would any Citizen believe cops can legally steal from citizens??? Same as in the video above!!! With the Robber the citizen can fight for his cash....if he fights with a cop then they pile on more charges.....

[@rexmasters1541]

Its still going on at the salt lake city airport.

[@ShelleySorenson]

Good to know. Now I know why I am afraid to fly.

[@stephenleach1410]

Abolish the DEA

[@Jalapeno_P730]

The fact that this went on for sooo long w/o any consequences is completely insane! WTHHH!

[@randyjohnson9772]

THERE ARE MORE JIM CROW LAWS ON THE BOOKS NOW THAN IN THE JIM CROW ERA

[@GOLDVIOLINbowofdeath]

What is the agent’s name?

[@scottbrooks5662]

That dog is easily trained to do this . I can train my dog to do exactly this every time I smooch or point or snap my fingers or cluck . These dog searches should be challenged.

[@charlesyates6687]

But yet i just got robbed by the cops in Atlanta yesterday . So what ever d.o.j. told these cops went in one ear and out the other

[@tomeauburn]

Was it boarding a plane or did they pull you over in a car

[@glam2gobeauty811]

You should get in touch with this investigative team. Just earlier this month ALL the mainstream outlets reported this was stopped. They need to know it's still happening as we speak.

[@MatthewDouglas-n5w]

Taking advantage of vulnerable citizens is reprehensible. This is an extention of civil asset forfeiture and must be outlawed.Last minute tickets would seem to be a reasonable thing for someone traveling for a family emergency, so already emotional state. And, when boarding a plane, detaining baggage IS detaining the passenger, to say otherwise is stupid.

[@williamholcombe31]

WELL BECAUSE IT WAS SHADY FROM THE START 😮

[@kevinjohnson147]

He sounds like a real cowboy seizing cash at the airport .

[@AlcHEMI_SRT]

Now this is real news and a journalist taking his profession seriously. Bravo!!! 👏👏👏

[@vegan-cannibal714]

I have been a k9 trainer/handler for longer than that agent has been out of diapers. Anyone that has been around a dog and breaths air could see that was a false alert. I lost my faith back in 2010 when i was attached to customs and sent to a checkpoint. The driver didnt want to let us search his car. Their handler did a freeair sniff. I thought i saw him send a command down the leash. So i moved up so i could hear what they told the driver. They told the driver the dog was trained to detect people that were hidden and that the k9 alert on his car. They searched the car found nothing and wrote it off as there had been people hidden but they got out of the vehicle and were hiking around the check point. 3 years later i was called as a witness for the defense. The driver won the case. For those who tried to call me a sellout. I didn't take a dime from that case or any other case i do it because you clowns are corupt and what you are doing is immoral.

[@henryairconcepts2999]

Its literally a robbery done by a police

[@dannyw7662]

BECAUSE IT VIOLATED THE CONSTITUTION.

[@krist5860]

Great story. Thanks for following up ❤

[@2b2b70]

The officers who did the actions should be charged criminally, they knew what they were doing was illegal and falsified paperwork to back up their activities. There is no reason they should not face criminal charges.

[@royhindmarsh4087]

who is this airline person that is doing this and airline name so we can all sue

[@ralphwatt8752]

Government must be held too account . Compensation paid to for money stolen, and money. Returned with intrest on the money unlawfully stolen

[@RussellD11]

MOST people did NOT get every penny back... that's the facts

[@jryland6]

The DEA AGTS should have been FIRED!!!!!!!!!!

[@bsmlbn]

They have an incentive to take money because they get a percentage.

[@robertmaybeth3434]

No wonder the government worked so hard to crush the Mafia. They hate the competition.

[@BlueBearOne]

Wow! You KNOW you are part of a seriously powerful organized crime organization when you can just walk up and TAKE someone's money without a gun! EVERY ONE of these people should be charged under RICO.

[@vernontorbett515]

I haven't been on a plane since they created the TSA i will walk before I let them have any authority over me

[@brucebaran4450]

Thank you, Atlantic News. Great reporting and outcome for the innocent population of America. Power of investigative reporting... AbolishQualifiedImmunity

[@ken2tou]

This is piracy. Not law enforcement.

[@ppbtaxcpa3200]

This is one of the reasons why we need reporters

[@jwells6904]

Now do a story on to Civil Asset Forfeiture done on highways

[@DCJNewsMedia]

This is wrong and criminal. They had already been told in the past not to do this I am a retired law enforcement officer of 44 years, and I have worked local to the national level for several offices, departments, and agencies. We were taught, and we were constantly getting updated training and always taught that we had to have articable reasonable suspicion of a crime at foot and a specific charge. No dragent type of thing ever. If we knew such and not following our teaching, we had zero immunity as it was In bad faith. We were liable in both capacities, personnel, and officially alike. Some old cops always try to tell rookies how to get around this CONSTITUTIONAL THING....its not a thing.. it's the Supreme law of the land in which we are sworn by oath to obey and gauretee. I'd love to be interviewed by this channels investigative team. I say follow the law, or your ass goes to jail. Especially for cops as it's a betrayal of the oath of office and you know better. They do this for raises, upgrade in rank and special status among their peers and management alike.

[@anthonyesparsen7776]

If these guys were not reporting the seizures they could put the money in their own pockets!

[@VeneraBerens-n7d]

😡🤬😡 NOW STOP DOING TO INNOCENT DRIVERS ON THE HYWY

[@davef.2329]

This is exactly why I retired early and ceased flying on commercial air carriers. The job I left involved couriering parts and components to, then performing time-sensitive repairs on very expensive, critical equipment for my employer. This impropriety displayed here cost my company a small fortune with delay, fees, and lost revenue, and me a lot of frustration and embarrassment culminating in these incentivized agents insisting the replacement component I was carrying was definitely a destructive device (though clearly tagged and documented as not). The company (who does, and did a great deal of business with the gov't and the military, especially) intervened, getting me out of the handcuffs and the detention room. After returning from that mission, a resignation soon followed and a vow to never to participate in this farce again. Thanks for your investigative work with this.

[@NotThisShipSister1]

Ok- so what happens NOW..?! ANY ACCOUNTABILITY?! ANY?!

[@PaulsPatio]

10:46 What a jerk He’s a narcissist!

[@firemarshalbill3626]

NOW REFUND ALL THE MONEY U STOLE FROM PEOPLE REFUND REFUND REFUND

[@paularawlinson912]

There should be a classs action law suit so innocent people can get their money back.

[@JohnDoe-qz1ql]

ABSOLUTELY not!!!

[@patricknikolauk2709]

This is not a practice confined to airports. Civil asset forfieture happens on highways as well when the police search vehicles during routine traffic stops. It's a dirty little secret that the police are confiscating money without cause and once they get the feds involved it almost impossible for people to get that cash back because it costs so much to retain an attorney. The Institute for Justice deserves alot of credit for representing the man with the tow truck. Without their assistance he probably would not have been able to get his money back.

[@RichardMoore-gr1vz]

So a cops can just beat up a pregnant woman and not be charged?

[@divindave6117]

The sad part about all of this, is that Congress has long known that people were being unconstitutionally searched and were having their money seized without any suspicion of a crime. It's not just in airports. Its in bus stations, on the side of the road during a traffic stop, in parking lots, in hotel lobbies, etc. 100s of millions of dollars have been taken by "law enforcement". Civil Asset Forfeiture needs to stop and law enforcement training needs to highlight constitutional rights.

[@navajojohn9448]

If money is carried on the person in pockets or money belt can cops still stop, frisk, confiscate cash without probable cause or such?

[@JohnDoe-qz1ql]

They “can”, they’d be violating your constitutional rights. Civil Asset Forfeiture is just semantics. The 4th Amendment protects *your* person, papers, houses and effects from unreasonable searches and seizures, BUT it’s an undertaking to sue the govt. THAT’S why they do it. If they take $10,000 from you, how much do you think the attorney fees will be?? $30K??

[@monkisethojane2218]

Lol. I'm from South Africa and I enjoy flying locally with my banki. No issues. Yall in a 1st world country being treated like shit.. We have public hospitals and private hospitals options and what do you have? The American dream that ended in the 90s yall cannot even buy homes🤦

[@Korth77]

Lol, you’re in South Africa polishing brass on the titanic.

[@RussellD11]

facts

[@LAfunk750]

I’m from South Africa and our public hospitals are a danger to society. Private hospitals are glorified hotels. One swab of cottonwool is charged for. Our government, a former terrorist organisation is corrupt to the core. Our police force is corrupt. The people are suffering. Infrastructure has fallen apart, there is no service delivery. It’s become a shithole country just like the United States .

[@pandamandimax]

You weren't even free in your own country until 1999 😂 the idea of south Africa acting like other countries are bad with the worst civil rights violations and apartheid until nearly frickin 2000 because you let it be run by racist colonizers. Doesn't feel great does it?

[@anthonyesparsen7776]

This is repulsive to basic human rights man ,

[@shamustrump]

Why does this stuff happen with government workers? Why no oversight?

[@JohnsonAcres31]

There is no accountability for any of this. How many lives were ruined by this and how many people lost money.

[@jacquelinenoriega9359]

This gentleman is a true American Hero

[@josephcarmolajr7827]

So he NOTIFIED TSA... cause all drug dealers notify authorities when flying...

[@neilkurzman4907]

I love the way the upper level people at the Department of Justice act like they had no idea what was happening. Yes, they are the exact same people that directed these low level officers to do this exact thing

[@anthonyesparsen7776]

These guys are dirty cops! Shameless, shameful practice

[@adamjhuber]

THIS is journalism!

[@donpeters4253]

So the DEA agent still has his job?

[@968porsche9]

The dog handler and the dog need to be sued and fired. The dog is useless due to being improperly trained to alert to a signal from the criminal handler.

[@Navy_VetE6]

Because it’s UnAmerican?

[@mrsteve3527]

When are you going to investigate the same thing on Amtrak?