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

[@JosephPemberton-i4g]

How many millions of dollars has the DEA illegally stolen

[@hildabucher9291]

Only them doing legal money 😮

[@MausMasher54]

Legalized(?) Rake-Offs....

[@lius20608]

TRY billions!!😅

[@dennychaput4689]

Two many millions

[@c308682]

Too much stolen to count but spent by feds and by your local cops. Welcome to the real America

[@saundrayork767]

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

[@luisv7117]

jail too

[@Hispandinavian]

those so called law enforcement agents are enemy soldiers. "to defend the constitution of the United States against enemies foreign and domestic" They undermine the constitution and are enemy soldiers by definition.

[@MASH2031]

Exactly

[@Nomadic9900]

They should be prosecuted as this is extortion and they are a party to it.

[@brymstar333]

...just publish their names, simple

[@ianbattles7290]

Why do the airlines even sell last-minute tickets if simply purchasing one is somehow "suspicious"?

[@ktbiwk]

To make money, and apparently in more than one way!

[@rpaull3]

They want that cash and the excuse to take it

[@ayyo_rob6821]

Right….. if you were planning to do anything you would have bought ur ticket ahead of time.

[@FalaJoeh]

That’s actually a really important statement!

[@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.

[@ihatesignupsgrrrrrrr]

@@WalterWagner001 Told to take unconstitutional actions(illegal seizures) is an INDIVIDUAL problem, not just an agency problem! No immunity if you take an oath and then break the oath is how it was always intended(my opinion that seems like 100% perfect sense).

[@MausMasher54]

And/Or Sued on a personal level....

[@Miguel-i2m6e]

Put that DEA agent in jail. A perfect example why America is falling apart.

[@yonimartin5946]

Human rights abuse, on the scale they’re performing this seems like a capitol offense.

[@NeoFreshair]

You mean the government both Democrats and Republicans!

[@sotonin]

For what? It's legal. It shouldn't be, but it is.

[@jonslg240]

That Don Cheadle looking DEA agent (Don Cheatle?😂) in the background that's giving the cut-off sign is hilarious. He knows what they're doing is absolutely wrong. They all do. This is all about money. I know someone very well who wrote parking tickets and wrote over $500k one year. The next year they hired 3 more people and put that person in charge of them. The city manager shook the person's hand and called their handshake "the million dollar handshake." The population is under 60k, so that was about $10 for every man, woman, child, infant, baby, and elderly person in the city. In civil forfeiture, if you can't prove ON THE SPOT that the money is yours, they take it. It costs THOUSANDS to get it back and takes the better part of a year at the very least. Why do they allow it to continue? Well, why wouldn't they? They get hundreds of millions every year across the nation from this. *The better question is, WHY do WE ALLOW IT to continue?* because we absolutely should not.

[@jonslg240]

The sad part is, this judge ordered them to stop - but they'll appeal and another judge will lift the order once all the media attention goes away.

[@marziaball5089]

Thank you for informing US citizens, without your investigative reporting we had no clue of this gov ,organized mafia group.

[@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?

[@gbottle0521]

sent fake money to DEA at airplane🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

[@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.

[@JerryCalvert-x9u]

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

[@DeadLikeMe-ir9ix]

Biden got his 10% 😮🫱🏻💵💵

[@victoriafuller4148]

Doesn’t it make you wonder how much was just slipped into pockets?

[@thomasparrish429]

Intimidation under the color of law is a federal offense

[@ken2tou]

This is piracy. Not law enforcement.

[@lameetcalice3845]

Malum In Se/Malum Prohibitum Nothing moral requires authority. Authority is the claim to the exclusive exemption to morality. It is a monopoly on violence. Violence is a violation because it is the initiation of aggression, not self-defense. Offense/defense are ontologically distinct. All crime has a legal equivalent (ie, taxation is extortion). Every government is founded on Ad Baculum. Petitio Principii can and will be used against you. Warren v. District of Columbia Town of Castle Rock v. Gonzales DeShaney v. Winnebago County Lozito v. New York City Salinas v. Texas You are legally compelled via the logical fallacies Ad Populum, Ad Baculum and Ad Verecundiam to pay for protection that they are not legally obligated to provide. That's a mafia. Operation Flicker The highest Abrahamic value is Ignorance of Good and Evil. It's right there in Genesis. They worship Yaldabaoth, God of the Scapegoaters: God blames Man; Man blames Woman; Woman blames Serpent; Serpent blames God, more accurately - the Serpent defines God. God Condones Child Rape No.s 31: 17-18 God Condones Rape Deut. 22: 28-29 God Condones Abortion No.s 5: 11-31 Unquestioning Obedience to Government Rom.s 13: 1-7 Ritualistic classifying surgery as a means of psychic castration, like circumcision and sub-incision, are hallmarks of patriarchal culture, a demonstration to the young that the venerable old ones still wield the all-powerful knife - and the beginning of transsexualism. Those who do not perform the cult's rite can never enjoy full social status. Symbols of the castrated member, the tie and bow-tie, are mandatory accoutrements of the political wardrobe and phallic monuments are erected to commemorate the minds conquered long ago. Brute force is no longer necessary. The capitalist priest class of Psychiatry, working in tandem with the State bureaucracy, regulates and polices the new Restriction and gelding of desire. Psychiatrists, along with other legal arbiters, help to obscure justice with grey areas of intentionality, mental state, etc. Some mistake this as a system of Liberty, ignorant of the fact that Psychiatric Control is a cornerstone of the perfected Totalitarian State. All modern illnesses come from the absurd and tragic struggle of man's inability to bridle Nature. This dogma echoes perpetually, omnisciently by understanding voices in self-help books, billboards, radio commercials and television talk shows to convince the public to practice continual self-suppression and hormonal restraint. Any deviation is an indication of something severely wrong with the individual. Perhaps Lycanthropic Transformation Rites are in some way a Psychic Preparation for the millennial calamities that are thought to lie ahead. Legalism is a Language of Equivocations, a process of assimilation to violence and illogic. Etymology: government Gubernare: to control Mens/Mentis: mind culture Colere: to inhabit, to till Cult: collective mind -ure: process of civilize, etc. Civitas: city -ize: to do/to make like police, policy, politics, polite Polis: city authority Auctor: master, father, creator -ity: quality of religion Religare: to bind fast, to place an obligation on -ion: noun-forming suffix uniform Uni-: one Form: shape They lump themselves into a group. They want all the collective praise and none of the collective blame (No True Scotsman). If they were truly concerned for their reputation they wouldn’t wear a uniform. Badges are just snowflakes. Ad Baculum + Ad Populum = Democracy "Everything is metamorphosed into its opposite to perpetuate itself in its expurgated form. All the powers, all the institutions speak of themselves through denial, in order to attempt, by simulating death, to escape their real death throes. [...] For example: it would be interesting to see whether the repressive apparatus would not react more violently to a simulated holdup than to a real holdup. Because the latter does nothing but disturb the order of things, the right to property, whereas the former attacks the reality principle itself." - Jean Baudrillard (Simulacra & Simulation - 1981) "Our rulers, who rule our symbols, and so rule a symbolic class of life, impose their own infantilism on our instituitions, educational methods, and doctrines. This leads to maladjustment of the incoming generations which, being born into, are forced to develop under the un-natural (for man) semantic conditions imposed on them. In turn, they produce leaders afflicted with the old animalistic limitations. The vicious circle is completed; it results in a general state of human un-sanity, reflected again in our instituitions. And so it goes, on and on." - Alfred Korzybski (Science and Sanity: An Introduction to Non-Aristotelian Systems and General Semantics - 1933) "I am a cosmopolitan." - Diogenes "If I could not be Alexander, I should wish to be Diogenes." - Alexander the Great "A man is no less a slave because he is allowed to choose a new master once in a term of years." - Lysander Spooner (No Treason: Constitution of No Authority - 1867) "It is incredible how as soon as a people become subject, it promptly falls into such complete forgetfulness of its freedom that it can hardly be roused to the point of regaining it, obeying so easily and willingly that one is led to say that this people has not so much lost its liberty as won its enslavement." - Étienne de la Boétie (Discours de la servitude volontaire ou le Contr'un - 1577) "Leadership in government is political power, and political power is an official form of antagonizing the people. Politics are rules imposed upon the people. They have every man in a straight jacket and without a passport he cannot move a toe. In a free world, they violate the natural rights of every citizen. They have become the weapons of political despots and if you don't think as they think you're deprived of your passport." - Michael Chaplin as Rupert Macabee (A King in New York - 1957) "Imagine, if you will, a world filled only with criminals of whom there are two classes: those too honest to rationalize their crimes and the powerful who scapegoat them." - Rod Serling "Eye have no Moral Obligation to ask permission from the person to whom Eye Morally Object if Eye may exercise mEye Moral Objection." - Unknown

[@lameetcalice3845]

There's never been a difference: Malum In Se/Malum Prohibitum Nothing moral requires authority. Authority is the claim to the exclusive exemption to morality. It is a monopoly on violence. Violence is a violation because it is the initiation of aggression, not self-defense. Offense/defense are ontologically distinct. All crime has a legal equivalent (ie, taxation is extortion). Every government is founded on Ad Baculum. Petitio Principii can and will be used against you. Warren v. District of Columbia Town of Castle Rock v. Gonzales DeShaney v. Winnebago County Lozito v. New York City Salinas v. Texas You are legally compelled via the logical fallacies Ad Populum, Ad Baculum and Ad Verecundiam to pay for protection that they are not legally obligated to provide. That's a mafia. Operation Flicker The highest Abrahamic value is Ignorance of Good and Evil. It's right there in Genesis. They worship Yaldabaoth, God of the Scapegoaters: God blames Man; Man blames Woman; Woman blames Serpent; Serpent blames God, more accurately - the Serpent defines God. God Condones Child Rape No.s 31: 17-18 God Condones Rape Deut. 22: 28-29 God Condones Abortion No.s 5: 11-31 Unquestioning Obedience to Government Rom.s 13: 1-7 Ritualistic classifying surgery as a means of psychic castration, like circumcision and sub-incision, are hallmarks of patriarchal culture, a demonstration to the young that the venerable old ones still wield the all-powerful knife - and the beginning of transsexualism. Those who do not perform the cult's rite can never enjoy full social status. Symbols of the castrated member, the tie and bow-tie, are mandatory accoutrements of the political wardrobe and phallic monuments are erected to commemorate the minds conquered long ago. Brute force is no longer necessary. The capitalist priest class of Psychiatry, working in tandem with the State bureaucracy, regulates and polices the new Restriction and gelding of desire. Psychiatrists, along with other legal arbiters, help to obscure justice with grey areas of intentionality, mental state, etc. Some mistake this as a system of Liberty, ignorant of the fact that Psychiatric Control is a cornerstone of the perfected Totalitarian State. All modern illnesses come from the absurd and tragic struggle of man's inability to bridle Nature. This dogma echoes perpetually, omnisciently by understanding voices in self-help books, billboards, radio commercials and television talk shows to convince the public to practice continual self-suppression and hormonal restraint. Any deviation is an indication of something severely wrong with the individual. Perhaps Lycanthropic Transformation Rites are in some way a Psychic Preparation for the millennial calamities that are thought to lie ahead. Legalism is a Language of Equivocations, a process of assimilation to violence and illogic. Etymology: government Gubernare: to control Mens/Mentis: mind culture Colere: to inhabit, to till Cult: collective mind -ure: process of civilize, etc. Civitas: city -ize: to do/to make like police, policy, politics, polite Polis: city authority Auctor: master, father, creator -ity: quality of religion Religare: to bind fast, to place an obligation on -ion: noun-forming suffix uniform Uni-: one Form: shape They lump themselves into a group. They want all the collective praise and none of the collective blame (No True Scotsman). If they were truly concerned for their reputation they wouldn’t wear a uniform. Badges are just snowflakes. Ad Baculum + Ad Populum = Democracy "Everything is metamorphosed into its opposite to perpetuate itself in its expurgated form. All the powers, all the institutions speak of themselves through denial, in order to attempt, by simulating death, to escape their real death throes. [...] For example: it would be interesting to see whether the repressive apparatus would not react more violently to a simulated holdup than to a real holdup. Because the latter does nothing but disturb the order of things, the right to property, whereas the former attacks the reality principle itself." - Jean Baudrillard (Simulacra & Simulation - 1981) "Our rulers, who rule our symbols, and so rule a symbolic class of life, impose their own infantilism on our instituitions, educational methods, and doctrines. This leads to maladjustment of the incoming generations which, being born into, are forced to develop under the un-natural (for man) semantic conditions imposed on them. In turn, they produce leaders afflicted with the old animalistic limitations. The vicious circle is completed; it results in a general state of human un-sanity, reflected again in our instituitions. And so it goes, on and on." - Alfred Korzybski (Science and Sanity: An Introduction to Non-Aristotelian Systems and General Semantics - 1933) "I am a cosmopolitan." - Diogenes "If I could not be Alexander, I should wish to be Diogenes." - Alexander the Great "A man is no less a slave because he is allowed to choose a new master once in a term of years." - Lysander Spooner (No Treason: Constitution of No Authority - 1867) "It is incredible how as soon as a people become subject, it promptly falls into such complete forgetfulness of its freedom that it can hardly be roused to the point of regaining it, obeying so easily and willingly that one is led to say that this people has not so much lost its liberty as won its enslavement." - Étienne de la Boétie (Discours de la servitude volontaire ou le Contr'un - 1577) "Leadership in government is political power, and political power is an official form of antagonizing the people. Politics are rules imposed upon the people. They have every man in a straight jacket and without a passport he cannot move a toe. In a free world, they violate the natural rights of every citizen. They have become the weapons of political despots and if you don't think as they think you're deprived of your passport." - Michael Chaplin as Rupert Macabee (A King in New York - 1957) "Imagine, if you will, a world filled only with criminals of whom there are two classes: those too honest to rationalize their crimes and the powerful who scapegoat them." - Rod Serling "Eye have no Moral Obligation to ask permission from the person to whom Eye Morally Object if Eye may exercise mEye Moral Objection." - Unknown

[@FreedomInc]

Thats what "law enforcement " is. The land of the fee and home of the slave.

[@robertbrown7470]

Good point - PIRATES! Modern day pirates (criminals) with guns and badges.

[@nandansho.nandansho2366]

Gee I thought america was the greatest country on earth..SUCKERS!!🤣🤣🤣🤣

[@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.

[@J4-kjtdr8775]

That money should be returned with interest

[@henryairconcepts2999]

Its literally a robbery done by a police

[@setback4908]

Not even police federal criminal agents

[@jamesmurphy9426]

Look up police vehicle auctions they size vehicles have purchase most likely because they planet drugs in the vehicle

[@gracegrace4ever]

Nothing new.

[@wrenchaholic_]

Every hear of a road pirate? This one’s a sky pirate.

[@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

[@jasonixo]

That DEA "officer" needs to be held personally accountable and de-certified permanently.

[@jon9103]

That agent should be criminally prosecuted, his behavior was completely inexcusable.

[@lisa196409]

Wow maybe I should erase my comment because all of you guys are saying exactly what I said I didn't bother to read your comments but you're absolutely right😂

[@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.

[@edwardschauerte3241]

Don't forget it's also Criminal!

[@monkeybalconey]

Thank you so much for being an honest person up against a corrupt police system you and most of us decent people can go to sleep with our conscious clear. Much respect to you from IRELAND

[@5GreenAcres]

@@monkeybalconey This is what is happening in the US. The good police officers and agents are being replaced with the corrupt ones. It is getting more and more apparent every day. Now we are seeing it in our judicial system with corrupt judges that protect these criminals.

[@newquistchristopher897]

Thank you for doing the right thing

[@merlenelson4894]

AND you should be justly compensated for your time and expertise. We the people should be paying you from a fund for justice. Calling you a sellout is a cowardly move. It like the dispersions cast at David the passenger who captured video all come from the abusive cycle playback of life - cowardly in nature because there are no sound principles to stand upon.

[@LuisRodriguez-ry8oy]

Amazing work the whole country needs to be grateful for your investigative power thank you so much

[@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!

[@miken.1717]

This is what a real journalist looks like

[@Peter-Du]

Yeah . until Yooo Toob bans it.

[@cw2gtc]

Hear!!Hear!!!

[@KrShou]

Yeah, and the way he probes for answers definitely seals the deal 😅

[@ccampbell7214]

Agreed... Respect,where respect is due ,to someone in MSM doing actual journalism!!

[@donnie9455]

Well done ❤

[@GarysMetalDetecting]

Furthermore the city cop is not a federal officer has no reason to be on a plane with a firearm and no reasonable reason to be interacting beyond the city with airline passengers. Get it together people.

[@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.

[@jon9103]

It's not a "potential" abuse, it's an abuse. Period. Full stop.

[@torfarley2889]

Exactly right

[@naomiwright412]

THANK YOU THANK YOU THANK YOU for fighting for our rights and getting the law passed. You all ROCK!!!

[@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.

[@oldogre5999]

They don't need a gun! They have the full weight of the United States Government backing them up AND QUALIFIED IMMUNITY IF ANYTHING GOES WRONG! IN OTHER WORDS THE ACTUAL THUG WHO DECIDED ALL ON HIS OWN TO MOLEST THIS INNOCENT CITIZEN WILL NEVER BE PUNISHED FOR HIS CRIMES INCLUDING THE CRIME OF ATTEMPTED ROBBERY!

[@Maynard-il1yj]

Admitted he had no ras 😆 and bragged about his dog passing dudes bag then him kissing and clicking over the bag ahahahh!!! Even knew it was all for nothing. Just flexing his perceived power. Deathly slam dunk lawsuit, but even so like he’s not gonna feel any of it just the taxpayers.

[@oldogre5999]

@@Maynard-il1yj Yup, and the ONLY way that will ever change is if everyone sues the living shyte out of the taxpayers to the point they wake up and put an end to Qualified Immunity!

[@Maynard-il1yj]

@ that! And a third party investigations, no more we investigated ourselves

[@oldogre5999]

@@Maynard-il1yj Have to get taxpayers so riled up that they demand an end to Qualified Immunity!

[@davepirtle9790]

This reporter has done several excellent investigative reports. He should receive a gold medal.

[@AnaDiaz-wz4cf]

This is what REAL journalism IS and what it is supposed to be used for. Outstanding investigation 👏

[@JusticeforJessica-Gomez]

I agree!!

[@JusticeforJessica-Gomez]

@@AnaDiaz-wz4cfit’s been discontinued in Nevada because of Stephen Lara vs Nevada highway patrol Institute for justice

[@PeterIvanchich]

These victims of DEA cash forfeiture ,besides getting their money back, should be awarded punitive damages.

[@chazowusu]

this is absolutely criminal. every person involved all the way to the top should be charged criminally

[@Heygetcurious]

Yep

[@user-px1wj2uv3r]

Happens on the highway too. Look up "civil forfiture" if you haven't already.

[@cricri3534]

This is infuriating

[@skilz8098]

110%

[@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

[@tm1464]

Interesting, isn't it?

[@chaosking911]

​@@adamemmrich283 legally allowed to role play as one sadly. It's way overdue on rounding up all the police union leaders behind bars...

[@colephelps6202]

Seizing cash for no demonstrable reason is extremely scary. I spoke with a guy who had sold his house and was driving with a BUNCH of money, moving to a new town. The highway patrol in that state pulled him over and TOOK his money. Corruption. And this Brandon O'Keefe has never SEEN someone be a "jerk" if he thinks that mellow dude was being a jerk. He's a criminal.

[@worldlife9834]

The airline should be sued for privacy violations.

[@Sainax1776]

Airlines are not obligated to protect your privacy

[@karinaz8756]

@@Sainax1776they hell they aren’t. You think If they have a Data breach they aren’t responsible. Nothing this man did was illegal. The airport employee had no right to give out his travel information.

[@worldlife9834]

@@Sainax1776 wrong, check the laws.

[@hauntedshadowslegacy2826]

@@Sainax1776 Whether they're obligated to protect it or not is beside the point- because they sure asf ain't allowed to breach it.

[@skilz8098]

@@worldlife9834 Checking the laws is a scapegoat answer. The laws themselves are only applicable if and only if they are legal, lawful and constitutional. If a said law fails any of them, We the People are Not Obligated to be subjected to them! No Exceptions!

[@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.

[@Boneyard44]

We’re not living in America anymore. The sooner everyone realizes this the better!

[@ppbtaxcpa3200]

This is one of the reasons why we need reporters

[@rivegaucheranch]

There are no reporters now. Only news readers. This is a rare breed even among unicorns.

[@theonlyalo]

@@rivegaucheranchIf you think that, you should try reading a newspaper. There are LOTS of journalists. Fine journalists.

[@marksamuelsen2750]

I Agree 😊

[@GNOBNX]

❤

[@barrellcooper6490]

Civil asset forfeiture needs to end. This should have no purpose in our society.

[@Beardog53]

Agent PROBABLY has a lake house funded by THIS.

[@tm1464]

Exactly.💯

[@dh5380]

For 4 ex-wives all have vacation homes

[@mikechaffee4331]

He needs to return it so it can be sold to begin to pay for his restitution to his victims.

[@BackToTheGame.98]

Not just the agent, but the airline informant too

[@tucanoguy4719]

Someone should go take it from him consensually

[@cosmicalchemist8219]

So you can’t fly with cash & you can’t buy a last minute ticket. 😮😮😮

[@mauricecyr2137]

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

[@kpeters5170]

Rebel Ridge!!!

[@JusticeforJessica-Gomez]

Please? Institute for justice NHP MISSAPROPRIATED $10k+ in jewelry from FATAL CRASH VICTIM AND COVERED UP TRUE CAUSE FOR GOOD OLD BOT LOCAL COMMERCIAL DRIVER!! 🙏❤️ please help me IJ? 🙏❤️ Jessica’s mom

[@jj72958]

This reporter is amazing, intelligent, and very clever using resources, he should receive an award! Outstanding!

[@michaelpatterson9119]

This is real reporting.this is the real news.These guy’s have huge cahonas.

[@mason96575]

Isnt this a different outlet’s publication?

[@HeavenlyDivineTaro]

Damn good reporter. Brave man

[@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 😮

[@JusticeforJessica-Gomez]

And significant punitive damages so as to discouraged reoccurrences

[@angelperez7891]

No matter your race!

[@ronaldcarrel5388]

😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂

[@dawnewinonamoore9364]

SWEETNESS I AGREE 110%😮😮😮 😢😢😢❤❤❤❤❤❤❤😊😊😊😊😊 😊😊

[@q_rite_doh6140]

This is a clear example of why freedom of the press is ESSENTIAL to a democracy. I should've been a journalist i swear!

[@EvanLange-y2v]

What a fantastic investigative reporter. Thank you for all your work.

[@yvonneerrend8217]

The corruption is outrageous!. Put these criminals in prison now!!!.

[@jamesshupe1248]

And take all of their money!!! They are cold Blooded CRIMINALS!!!

[@AKVonn]

Blackrock thanks u for ur Gullibility 💓

[@glyndavis3439]

As a non American, Im constantly astonished at the treatment meted out by Government Agencies in the so called "Land of the Free"

[@angelofilitonga927]

Land of the free for only some and that's a fact!

[@colephelps6202]

This is relatively new behaviors because of the radical increase in governmental power. We're getting after it.

[@Bobbbybags]

Congrats to you and IJ for moving the needle and making a difference!!

[@WilburJunior]

Hope your organization gets nominated for a Pulitzer Prize, you guys deserve one!

[@JohnsonAcres31]

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

[@EdwardArmstrong-y3f]

Very good on you Sir .!!! Thank you for being a great representative of Humanity .!!! May God bless and keep you safe in your job .!!!

[@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

[@davidbarnes5280]

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

[@alansloan7784]

Yes.

[@larrykelly3536]

They "should" BUT the government has given itself Immunity to prosecution. Even local cops if they're attached to a federal unit get that Immunity.

[@bigl7861]

We really appreciate your help and hard work! Thank you 🙏🏾

[@ronbyrd1616]

Restitution, interest, punitive damages, and fees should all be given no matter what people were extorted to sign .

[@blakemcleroy4812]

Absolute hard working smart journalist

[@GotrumpGousa]

Kudos to you! Great job

[@ianbattles7290]

Civil Asset Forfeiture implies that there is no LEGAL method or reason for any citizen to ever 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.

[@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

[@patricknoveski6409]

This id POWER BACK TO THE PEOPLE! Thank you for investigating for us. Amazing grace.

[@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.

[@antniocris9744]

The Agents need to be arrested then jailed!

[@AKVonn]

Blackrock thanks u for ur Gullibility 💓

[@ishappens]

This is a great WIN!! Thank you all for what you do!

[@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.

[@stephenleach1410]

Abolish the DEA

[@marksmith1709]

Forwarded to President Elon Musk.

[@DrJohnRen]

And the ATF

[@carynmaher5406]

Senator Ossof is wonderful public servant. Georgiaand America is so lucky to have him on our side.

[@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.

[@colephelps6202]

If it helps, they suspend to get you off the job while investigating. Then it goes to clearing you, punishing you, or terminating.

[@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

[@seesisterlovetoo6621]

Thank You sir for doing a great job of journalism. Plus the guy who refused the bag search. Our rights can not be violated like that again.

[@terryrazor4959]

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

[@jimdennis9628]

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

[@alansloan7784]

Those are the excuses of a petty tyrant/thief when confronted with his criminal behavior.

[@colephelps6202]

Yeah, I can't get over what a loser that supposed law enforcement agent was. I suspect him of theft, as well.

[@mariamarquez7957]

Thank You for ur investigative work, this is first time in so long that a journalist did their work for protection of citizens. Thank You, Thank You, Thank You!!! It’s so important that accountability is clear to law enforcement just as it is to real criminals. This is supposed be the country of Rule of law.

[@AlcHEMI_SRT]

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

[@KazzGal]

❤❤

[@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.

[@SouthernSierra56]

Flying while Black.

[@mikejones9906]

Because they all ultimately consented to the search.

[@ilandgrl]

Great job!!! This was fanntastic journalism!! We need more of this.

[@I_AM_able_319]

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

[@eerodhhd]

Let me say this!!! The government change the laws as they go and it’s not fair for people like Waren or for anyone if it’s illegal!!! The government will make you do illegal things because of something they did to you illegally that messed up your life just to straighten back up your life!!!Sounds crazy but I’ve been through it!!! I was married at 17 and I never wanted anything to do with any crime!!!

[@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

[@DueProcess007]

This is nothing but flagrant legalized theft.

[@homegrownluv8106]

Thank you for posting the names of the agents. Now we know who to go after in court. Clear example of over reach and power trip

[@chicobass4050]

The only embarrassment is the someone hired this ignorant cowards to be police when they have the intelligence of a 3yr old

[@anthonyesparsen7776]

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

[@mjlh7079]

I'd wager that some of them did that

[@IAmWithinEverything]

Exactly

[@Mortlupo]

Civil Asset Forfeiture should be illegal and should be stopped.

[@LifeBetweenTheDash]

Thankful to that passenger for videoing that encounter. Sorry to all those harmed by such greedy folks.

[@sotonin]

This literally happens every...single....day. Have you been living under a rock? It's legal too btw. They get away with it.

[@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.

[@Neenerx2]

Incredible reporting and great results! Thank you!

[@jamiyabennett4503]

The agent was a jerk. Police are getting angry for ppl standing up for their rights

[@skilz8098]

And it is in that exact moment they need to be stripped of their job, title, badge and public office!

[@agtraphaus]

They're getting angry because they're being confronted as they rob American citizens.

[@chrisp5329]

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

[@memberofthechurch8714]

❤❤❤ I love Institute for Justice. Keep up your great work.

[@Petawawapete]

That's great investigating, and one heroic passenger who stood tall.

[@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.

[@ag8teer]

Outstanding Work!!!! Thank you, Thank you! Im sharing this video !!!

[@tinacraft303]

Thank you for doing a great job. America needs more like you

[@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.

[@lukemiller1385]

You guys are heroes to a lot of people right now!

[@gamtngirl3655]

I am so grateful for the reporting that exposed this injustice. My heart breaks for the people who lost their money.

[@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

[@Dark_Knight_USA]

@neilkurzman4907 Greetings: I stated "Private travel". Following that is commercial.

[@ThatFrEQShow]

Thank you for the work you do.

[@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.....

[@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.

[@OldmanJM]

I got to tell you I dont beleive this guy for a second that they did not know this was going on. They only did not know because they did not want to know.

[@brucebrown4480]

This crap should never have been happening in the first place. I believe each and every one of the DEA agents that participated in this type of activity should be charged with theft of property if they took any bags off of an airplane. If the agents confiscated any property, they should face a second set of charges for theft again. The DEA should be held accountable for all of the thefts they have committed. What happens to all of the property the DEA has confiscated prior to this incident?

[@HoneySuckle123]

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

[@jasonjoyce5798]

Great investigative reporting! Keep up your great work!

[@Kitchfox]

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