techdirt: Because The 4th Amendment Only Kicks In After The Fact, ‘Reasonable Suspicion’ Will Always Be Anything But

techdirt: Because The 4th Amendment Only Kicks In After The Fact, ‘Reasonable Suspicion’ Will Always Be Anything But by Tim Cushing:

A few weeks ago, we wrote about a young man who had $16,000 “forfeited” to DEA agents while riding an Amtrak train — under the legal theory that the money was somehow involved in drug trafficking. (Not the guy carrying it. He was released without being charged — just his money.) Maybe if the man had been more careful not to appear “suspicious,” he and his money might have made it to California intact.

But how can you not look “suspicious” while riding Amtrak?