[welzel]

This is standard practice in basically every country. Try to cross a border with a pile of cash and see what happens. Police finds a box of cash in your car? You better explain where it came from and why you drive it around.

There is so much weird hate for the government in the comments, but please provide a single sane scenario where you need to send cash instead of a bank transfer that is not about avoiding laws/taxes.

There are NONE. You send the cash because you did something against the law.

So by all means, the police should keep the money until you simple prove the non-existing totally legit reason why you could not use a bank transfer. I understand the problem with this, but you don´t prove that you are innocent; but large amounts of cash are usually connected to crime and it is your job to explain why not.

[kayge]

> please provide a single sane scenario where you need to send cash instead of a bank transfer that is not about avoiding laws/taxes.

What if I really want this Chevy Suburban for $11,950 where the seller is strictly saying 'cash only'? Sure maybe buying that particular vehicle with a quarter million miles on it doesn't qualify as "sane", but it doesn't appear to be illegal.

https://austin.craigslist.org/cto/d/houston-2018-chevy-subur...

[jay-barronville]

> This is standard practice in basically every country.

The United States is NOT every country. We have a Constitution that makes this behavior unacceptable.

> So by all means, the police should keep the money until you simple prove the non-existing totally legit reason why you could not use a bank transfer. I understand the problem with this, but you don´t prove that you are innocent; but large amounts of cash are usually connected to crime and it is your job to explain why not.

Once again, I’m not sure where you’re from, but here in America, we’re innocent until proven guilty, and that’s a pretty big deal. Also, the burden of proof is on law enforcement to prove that a citizen is guilty of a crime, not on the citizen to prove that they’re innocent.

Legally, it’s entirely irrelevant that you or anyone in law enforcement believe it to be strange that someone is either carrying large amounts of cash or sending cash via mail—it’s perfectly legal behavior.

My grandma has never ever put a single dollar in the bank, because she doesn’t trust them. I don’t have her experience, but she should be able to do as she pleases with her cash without law enforcement treating her as a criminal just so they can steal her money. It’s that simple.

> large amounts of cash are usually connected to crime

Do you have a source for that assertion?

[bozhark]

Actually there are plenty, all it requires is that you want to.

[dns_snek]

> it is your job to explain why not.

According to whom? Most of us living in western (and purportedly freedom-respecting) countries are supposed to be innocent until proven guilty, not guilty until proven innocent.

It's undemocratic and frankly vile to openly support violation of our constitutional rights like this, instead of campaigning for laws to be changed if you disagree with them.