I know that's supposed to be a humorous story, ha ha ha ha, but the police action in that is very not funny to me. They bust a guy smoking a cigar sized doobie and he has another on his person, so they want to keep all his cash because in their minds that makes him a drug dealer. Did they catch him dealing drugs? Nope. Did he have enough drugs on him that you'd think he's a dealer? Nope. What then makes him a likely dealer? He was carrying a lot of cash.
It's a joke that having cash is now equated with being a crim. I have on occasion travelled with several grand in my pockets as well. I don't use or sell illegal drugs or violate the law in any other way outside and occasional exceeding of the speed limit, but if I was ever mistakenly arrested for something while travelling, I guess I would be assumed a drug dealer. Hey the guy had postal money orders, pretty smart if you ask me. For 75 cents/$700 your money is insured. Probably cheaper than a travellers check and you can cash them at any post office. He had money in his pockets, his sock and his buttockular area. Smart dude. Hell he was standing at a St. Louis bus station, not exactly safetyville. At least he had it spread around so that if got rolled they probably wouldn't find it all, though i'm not hoping to get any of the money the guy butt squeezed.
Point is, it seems pretty thin that the guy is a drug dealer, especially when you throw in that he's travelling cross country back home, yet the police want to take the dudes money based just on their suspicion.
Though I don't smoke(even tobacco) and wouldn't if I could, it's stuff like this plus recently spending half a day in court hearing one person after another getting fined heavier for marijuana possesion that drunk driving, that makes me say without hesitation, legalize it, and tax it. So many law enforcement man hours are wasted fighting drugs, yet they're as easy to get as ever. Admit defeat. Spend your time busting stock scamsters that steal from lil old ladies, and murders, rapist, child mollesters, etc. rather than on dudes like this that stupidly smoke a jay in public and had some cash on them.
CMB
(I fookin hate to get in line behind people at the Quick-E-Mart or Krustyburger that have to write a check because they're terrified to carry $20 cash on their person.) |
