Gawker
reports:
A Nebraska stripper just won a lawsuit against police who confiscated
over $1,000,000 in $10,000 bundles tied with hair ties after a routine
traffic stop.
33-year-old Tara Mishra stripped for 15 years and managed to save
$1,074,000. So she gave the cash to friends to open a New Jersey
nightclub. But when those friends were pulled over in Nebraska, the cops
suspected the money was tied to drugs and confiscated all the cash.
This week, a judge ruled the that since the police failed to find
evidence of drug activity, and since a canine search revealed only trace
amounts of illegal drugs on the money, the cash had to be returned.
“The government failed to show a substantial connection between drugs
and the money,” U.S. District Judge Joseph Bataillon wrote. “The dog
sniff is inconsequential…The court finds the Mishras’ story is
credible…Ms. Mishra did have control over the money and directed the
Dheris to deliver the money to New Jersey for the purchase of the
business.
It's good this gal got her money back, but just how did police manage to
take the money in the first place, given there was no evidence of wrong
doing? And why did she have to take the police to court to have to get
it back? What is happening to this country?
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