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DEA civil seizure: $16,000 taken from Joseph Rivers’— 4th amendment rights violation - TomoNews

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Joseph Rivers left Romulus, Michigan on April 15 with big dreams of heading to Hollywood to shoot a music video. He boarded an Amtrak train with $16,000, which he acquired through hard work and investments from relatives. <br /><br />When the train made a stopover in Albuquerque, New Mexico, DEA agents boarded the train and began asking passengers where they were going and why. They then asked to have a look through Rivers’ bags to which he obliged. <br /><br />Upon finding the savings, the agents confiscated the cash on suspicion that it was drug-related, despite the fact the money was still in a bank envelope and his story checked out with his mom.<br /><br />Civil asset seizures amounted to $3.9 billion in 2014. The money—not the individual—then goes on trial where it remains guilty until proven innocent.<br /><br />If you’d like to help Rivers regain the money to pursue his dream, here’s a link to his GoFundMe page: http://www.gofundme.com/u6e2mwc<br /><br />Until there are consequences for police depriving citizens of their fourth amendment rights, they’ll keep using civil seizure to treat people like a busted slot machine that keeps on giving.<br /><br />----------------------------------------­---------------------<br /><br />Daily videos brought to you by THE Taiwanese Animators behind the infamous Tiger Woods animation. We got the funniest animations on the web to help you stay in-the-know on all the trending stories, so sit back, relax, and watch a few.<br /><br />Can't get enough of Taiwanese animations? Connect with us here:<br />Facebook http://www.facebook.com/NMAtv<br />Twitter @nmatv http://www.twitter.com/nmatv<br />Google+ http://gplus.to/NMAtv

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