Police take hundreds of millions of dollars from motorists not charged with crimes

[This just ain't right - Bozo]
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Mark Frauenfelder
9:09 am Mon, Sep 8, 2014
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Encouraged by departments of Homeland Security and Justice police around the country make use of a private intelligence network to determine which motorists to rob, a Washington Post investigation found.
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Black Asphalt Electronic Networking & Notification System [has] enabled police nationwide to share detailed reports about American motorists - criminals and the innocent alike - including their Social Security numbers, addresses and identifying tattoos, as well as hunches about which drivers to stop.
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The article includes a few examples of motorists who have had their money seized as part of the war on terror:
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A 55-year-old Chinese American restaurateur from Georgia was pulled over for minor speeding on Interstate 10 in Alabama and detained for nearly two hours. He was carrying $75,000 raised from relatives to buy a Chinese restaurant in Lake Charles, La. He got back his money 10 months later but only after spending thousands of dollars on a lawyer and losing out on the restaurant deal.
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A 40-year-old Hispanic carpenter from New Jersey was stopped on Interstate 95 in Virginia for having tinted windows. Police said he appeared nervous and consented to a search. They took $18,000 that he said was meant to buy a used car. He had to hire a lawyer to get back his money.
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Mandrel Stuart, a 35-year-old African American owner of a small barbecue restaurant in Staunton, Va., was stunned when police took $17,550 from him during a stop in 2012 for a minor traffic infraction on Interstate 66 in Fairfax. He rejected a settlement with the government for half of his money and demanded a jury trial. He eventually got his money back but lost his business because he didn't have the cash to pay his overhead.
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