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Originally Posted by Vulcan
Well you obviously haven't been in some of the modern trailer parks. What seems unreasonable to you would seem normal to some retirees. Don't take the Trailer Park Boys as representing all trailer park inhabitants.
Me, I don't live in a trailer park but I take, you or some cop deciding what's reasonable, as an invasion of my privacy. If I want to carry large amounts of cash or not is nobodies business.
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What is reasonable is defined as "an honest belief of the existence of a set of circumstances which assuming them to be true would reasonably lead any ordinary, prudent and cautious person, placed in the position of the accuser, to the conclusion that the person is guilty of the crime imputed."
It is not about the state walking in and seizing assests of yours because they are expensive or you have a lot of money. In this case (from the information in the article) any reasonable person would believe that the accused is lieing and that there is a good chance the money is from proceeds of crime.
I get this vibe from you that if you believe if you are innocent and a police officer comes to ask you questions.......you don't have to say anything all. That alone would draw some suspicion. A reasonable person would exclude themselves as a suspect by cooperating. In this case, if the money was legit, a reasonable person would answer the questions and the answers would make sense. It is not like the officer just pulled buddy over, saw the money ans said "hey, you don't look like someone who should have this money I am taking it." It sounds like he tried to get the story on why the guy had the money because maybe he could negate the indicators and the story would make sense. But the guy could not come up with a reasonable explaination as to why he had it.