Originally Posted by bocastephen
the comparion is flawed because anyone with a shred of common sense would understand the intent of someone dressed in a ski mask and carrying a gun is up to no good - however, should they be arrested? Not until they do the crime. Should they be questioned? Of course they should.
Carrying a sum of cash is a far less obvious marker of bad intent than walking into a bank with a gun and ski mask.
My contention is the law is flawed and unconstitutional. It should be stricken from the books. This whole case is flawed because the search which found the cash should not be permitted as criminal evidence when outside the scope of the TSA whose sole job is the search for prohibited items
OK not to beat this to death but anyone with a shred of common sense will figure out a woman carrying $47K in cash is doing it for illegal reasons. There is no reason why anyone would need to carry that much money in cash unless the transaction they were embarking upon was of an illegal nature or if the transaction itself is legal, they are avoiding taxes on the transaction. I know in this forum the perception is that a TSA's IQ is 56, but even someone that mentally challenged can figure out $47K in cash is being used for no good.
The TSA's primary job is to look for weapons, yes. But that doesn't mean they are precluded from getting the police involved when they see a crime being commited. A kid showed up with cigarette burns all over his body, discovered by the TSA during a pat down...should they not call the police?
If this woman had been arrested at a Burger King you wouldn;t care less, but the evil bad dirty TSA was involved so it must be wrong.