She is innocent until proven guilty in a legal sense. But when you are arrested for a crime, they handcuff you and take you to jail and you hire a defense attorney. So in a practical sense you also must prove your innocence.
As the defense attorneys for my daughters stated, 'innocent until proven guilty is a myth - even if it is on parchment'. 'The REALITY is that they are guilty in the eyes of the jury, the judge and the system the moment they walk into the courtroom, and our job is prove their innocence, which against Police charges are very difficult to do'.
We are already comfortable with tyranny and justify it or (as I was) completely oblivious to the reality of things.
You cannot be arrested w/o cause and things like that.
No, but CAF permits the agents of the state to confiscate your property without being charged or arrested - and when that happens you rarely if ever, get it back - because it will likely cost you more than what the property is that they took.
That too is reality.
It does not mean that we must play stupid when you are caught with $250,000 in the back of your car. Name me one, just ONE, legitimate reason she might have had for that.
She just sold a yacht for cash?
It's a sad state when everyone is automatically geared to believe that if you are caught with any cash on you - you must be guilty of a crime. But hey - try having more than $500 in cash on you at an airport and watch what happens.
INVAR, you are a brilliant poster, as is Smoking Joe. I come here to read posters like the two of you. It is so rare that I disagree with you about anything.
I have no problem with disagreement. My bewilderment is how shallow the understanding of liberty actually is for some people posting on a "Conservative" message board.
The concept of "limited government" is now become something even "Conservatives" regard as 'fringe', and empowering the state to 'make us safe' while 'punishing our enemies' is something saluted.