Thread: Man’s Las Vegas Casino Winnings Confiscated By Police Without Any Criminal Charges Re

Man’s Las Vegas Casino Winnings Confiscated By Police Without Any Criminal Charges

May 6, 2014

WINNEMUCCA, NV — After a successful run at the casinos in Las Vegas, a man carrying a large sum of cash fell victim to a thieving police officer on his way back to California. Without charging him with a crime or even giving him a speeding ticket, the cop seized 50,000 and let him go. This practice of highway robbery is perfectly legal.

Tan Nguyen was the lucky gambler who was stopped along I-80 in Humboldt County. Nguyen was stopped by Deputy Lee Dove for only going 3 miles per hour above the posted speed limit.

To establish the grounds for searching Nguyen’s vehicle, the deputy began to claim that he smelled drugs.

“I just smelled weed. I know I did. I know I smelled weed,” said Dove in the dash-cam video available fromKLAS-TV.

Deputy Dove is a skilled narcotics agent that knows that accusing someone of drug trafficking is all that is required to walk away with their money and property. The policy that enables him to do this is known as civil asset forfeiture. “How much money you got?” asks the deputy.

No drugs were found in the subsequent search. But that was no problem for the deputy. He had discovered Nguyen’s money — $50,000 in cash and $10,000 in cashier’s checks.

“That’s not yours, is it?” the deputy asked.

“That’s mine,” Nguyen responded.

“Well, I’m seizing it,” the deputy declared.

Man’s Las Vegas Casino Winnings Confiscated By Police Without Any Criminal Charges [continued]

Man’s Las Vegas casino winnings confiscated by police without any criminal charges

"Everyday I do this. It's all I do for a living. It's drug interdiction and I get money."

Posted on May 4, 2014 by Site Staff in News
Deputy Lee Dove (Source: Humboldt County Sheriff)



WINNEMUCCA, NV — After a successful run at the casinos in Las Vegas, a man carrying a large sum of cash fell victim to a thieving police officer on his way back to California. Without charging him with a crime or even giving him a speeding ticket, the cop seized 50,000 and let him go. This practice of highway robbery is perfectly legal.


Tan Nguyen was the lucky gambler who was stopped along I-80 in Humboldt County. Nguyen was stopped by Deputy Lee Dove for only going 3 miles per hour above the posted speed limit.


To establish the grounds for searching Nguyen’s vehicle, the deputy began to claim that he smelled drugs.


“I just smelled weed. I know I did. I know I smelled weed,” said Dove in the dash-cam video available from KLAS-TV.


Deputy Dove is a skilled narcotics agent that knows that accusing someone of drug trafficking is all that is required to walk away with their money and property. The policy that enables him to do this is known as civil asset forfeiture. “How much money you got?” asks the deputy.


No drugs were found in the subsequent search. But that was no problem for the deputy. He had discovered Nguyen’s money — $50,000 in cash and $10,000 in cashier’s checks.


“That’s not yours, is it?” the deputy asked.


“That’s mine,” Nguyen responded.


“Well, I’m seizing it,” the deputy declared.


“Everyday I do this. It’s all I do for a living. It’s drug interdiction and I get money.”


Nguyen protested that the officer had no right to rob him. But Deputy Dove reminded him that government theft is legal in a police state.
“Everyday I do this,” said the Deputy Dove. “It’s all I do for a living. It’s drug interdiction and I get money.”


“The only reason why you have that cash is because it’s related to some sort of illegal activity,” said the deputy. “You know it and I know it.”
He goes on: “With everybody, that’s what I do because they don’t want the problems or the headaches so they abandon the money. They take what they’ve got in their wallet, or in this case cashiers checks, and they bolt.”


According to a subsequent lawsuit, Dove told Nguyen that he would be arrested unless he “got in his car and drove off and forgot this ever happened.”


“I don’t have all day to sit here debating it,” Dove impatiently stated. He took the money and let the driver go.


Motorists like Nguyen are essentially accused of criminal activities without actually being charged with a crime. They are then forced to prove their innocence or — in many cases — abandon the money. The expenses of legal fees make it cost prohibitive to fight back, and government agencies are well-oiled machines when it comes to theft.


Nguyen spent his remaining $10,000 in cashier’s checks to pay an attorney to file a lawsuit against Humboldt County. Ultimately he got his cash returned. But Deputy Lee Dove has not been fired, as the underlying tactic he routinely uses is exactly what is expected from enforcers of the War on Drugs.


The Fifth Amendment states, “No person shall be… deprived of life, liberty, or property, without due process of law; nor shall private property be taken for public use, without just compensation.” The concept of seizing money without criminal charges needs to be abolished immediately in the spirit of the constitution and in the interest of preserving liberty. No one’s cash or property is safe as long as it remains standard practice.


http://www.policestateusa.com/2014/tan-nguyen-nevada/

Read more at http://libertycrier.com/mans-las-veg...2TFUsWhmB7R.99

I am sure he was given a W9 for his tax payments, it seems that should be proof enough it was his money, that is stealing if he showed that and his money was still confiscated..

The Free Thought Project originally shared:


4 Stories of Cops stealing peoples money or possessions:

Is that a Uniformed Cop Stealing an $8,000 Watch on Video? Yes…Yes it is - http://bit.ly/1oqwIFB

NYPD Led Gang Charged with Collecting Thousands of Dollars of “Protection” Money - http://bit.ly/1hy5493

Cops Who Were Caught on Video Robbing and Terrorizing Store Owners Will Not Face Charges - http://bit.ly/1is4PIa

Men Thought to Be Impersonating Cops Robbing People, Turned Out to Just Be Cops Robbing People - http://bit.ly/1blWRji






The Free Thought Project's photos

Police State by rebel inc.

Cop Block·459 videos
40,229
20,071
378 124




Published on Oct 17, 2012
http://copblock.org/police-state-by-r...

Our good friends at rebel inc shared with us the track "Police State" off their soon-to-be-released album "Soundtrack To The Revolution". Ideas have consequences, and the ideas they put-forth are good ideas about standing-up for what you know is right. Thus, much like Ademo Freeman did last year for their song "No Song" (http://youtu.be/x9BNSYFuK9M), I thought it worth the time to create a video using the audio.


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZocRXXACHfg#t=30