The think is, it's NOT theft. YOU think it is theft, several people here think it is theft, and there is a lawsuit claiming it amounts to such. Theft has a specific definition under the law, and this is not it.Getting humans to be moral and not tend towards corruption is not gonna happen. Make it harder to reap the rewards of theft and it will decrease.
The officer could have hid the $40k and walked out and pretended it never happened. Clearly theft under criminal law.
In this case, a police officer, hired, paid, trained, and supervised by an ELECTED mayor, performed actions condoned by an ELECTED prosecutor, and approved by an ELECTED judge. All parties relying on law written by ELECTED representatives and signed by an ELECTED governor.
It is fine to dislike a law, but at some point the public in general needs to start taking some personal responsibility here. If you don't like something, work to get it changed.
Your going to fight an uphill battle, for every lawsuit over $40k, there are tens of millons that nobody raises a stink about, senders or receivers.
I have not been personally involved, but Fedex has an interest in cooperating with law enforcement on some level to avoid being held criminally responsible for actions within their network. If their network is being used to further a crime, and they do nothing, bear responsibility for those actions in the eyes of the law (rightly or wrongly).Here’s a question to any leo that has been involved in this at Fedex.
How did you get access? Warrant?
Did Fedex cooperate? Ask anything in return?
How many leo personnel involved?
Is this a daily operation?
Could the resources be used better on stopping actual criminal activities locally?
I’m sending these same questions to my representatives and Fedex. Let’s see if they respond.