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It's foolish but you should have to worry about a thief taking it, not a police officer

These mid-USA civil asset forfeiture cases are definitely escalating. It's very wise to not carry cash across the USA on a road trip. Of course, banks are going to tell the Government if you transfer more than $10,000, but at least the paper trail is there in your statements if you had to justify it.

That's their decision to make.

And why not? It's their money.

There was a lottery winner somewhere who casually carried a few hundred thousand with him in his pickup truck. Parked it in front of a strip club. It got stolen, thieves got his truck and money. May have recovered some, but lots of people thought it was foolish to do so. Even if that's anyone's right.

It's just an anecdote, and not trying to sway one way or the other.

That lottery winner was worth tens of millions, pretty sure he didn't miss it.

That alone is not just cause to seize it