Innocent Citizens Sue FBI Over Illegal Safety Deposit Raid

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  • Опубліковано 1 сер 2024
  • Paul and Jennifer Snitko are model citizens. Paul is a retired aerospace engineer who has held multiple security clearances and Jennifer is an entertainment lawyer. Neither has ever been in trouble with the law. Yet the government is now forcing them, and hundreds of other people not even suspected of a crime, through a legal gauntlet with no clear end in sight.
    ij.org/press-release/security...
    Paul and Jennifer, who live in Los Angeles, needed a place to safely store their prized possessions. They found that U.S. Private Vaults, in Beverly Hills, was convenient, secure and had better hours. So, they stored precious items like Paul’s flight log and watches he and his father earned from years of service at their jobs in their rented box.
    But the government broke open the Snitkos’ private space on March 22, 2021, when FBI agents raided U.S. Private Vaults. The raid was the result of an indictment accusing U.S. Private Vaults, the business, of money laundering and other crimes. But in executing the warrant, the government didn’t just seize the company’s business property. Upon the pretense of wanting to take a relatively worthless metal rack of boxes, federal agents broke into every security deposit box and emptied them of their contents. The FBI now refuses to give anyone their property back until they come forward and submit to an “investigation.” In other words, the government wants to force people to prove their own innocence to get their own stuff back.
    Everyone has the right to contract for a private, secure place to store their property. But no place can be secure if the government gets away with what it did here. That’s why Paul and Jennifer-along with two other plaintiffs-have teamed up with the Institute for Justice to demand that the federal government return the property of everyone who has come forward to claim their property from the FBI. Reuniting those who rented boxes from U.S. Private Vaults with their property is critical to prevent the government from doing this to other security deposit box owners, storage unit renters or anyone else who rents a private space.

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  • @InstituteForJustice
    @InstituteForJustice  6 місяців тому +32

    CASE UPDATE: Yesterday a 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals panel unanimously ruled against the government in a long-running class action lawsuit from IJ on behalf of people who rented security deposit boxes at US Private Vaults.
    Read the press release here: ij.org/press-release/federal-appeals-court-slams-fbis-actions-in-security-deposit-box-raid/

    • @TheDarkFalcon
      @TheDarkFalcon 6 місяців тому +3

      Excellent news. But it's still insane that this was necessary.

    • @FurFeathersandFlowers
      @FurFeathersandFlowers 6 місяців тому

      Who that works for our government thinks these types of seizures are ok? We are quickly turning into a communist country. Congratulation on your win. BTW nobody begrudges the officers who going after the criminals who a perpetrating crime, ie I guess the owners, but this shotgun approach to all the boxes is just disgusting.

    • @currentfaves65
      @currentfaves65 6 місяців тому +2

      Congratulations and well done !

    • @MundiTaurus
      @MundiTaurus Місяць тому +1

      IJ, I can never say enough good about you!

    • @MundiTaurus
      @MundiTaurus Місяць тому +1

      @@TheDarkFalcon Yes, and the gov lied. Who would have thought?

  • @renomont
    @renomont 3 роки тому +1385

    Remember there was a federal judge that signed that search warrant with no accountability?

    • @adriaandeleeuw8339
      @adriaandeleeuw8339 3 роки тому +209

      The Judge made stipulations on the Warrant, the FBI ignored those stipulations, the FBI unlawfully even according to the warrant opened the boxes. The warrant specifically said the contents of the boxes themselves were not the subject of the warrant.

    • @slownlintonssra2
      @slownlintonssra2 3 роки тому +27

      @@adriaandeleeuw8339 oh wow!

    • @bamahama707
      @bamahama707 3 роки тому +27

      Gee, I wonder who the judge was, and who signed the affidavit for that warrant?

    • @andrewshepherd5249
      @andrewshepherd5249 3 роки тому +44

      That's cause we the people allow them judicial immunity. Just look at family courts.

    • @sams4dad95
      @sams4dad95 3 роки тому +34

      You can't blame the judge unless and until you know what was stated in the affidavits submitted by the FBI agents.
      The judge is not -and does not- investigate people. As a judicial officer he goes by what the law enforcement officers swear to in the applications for warrants. It is not his fault if the FBI lied to him or if the agents exceeded the scope of their authority and searched and seized what they were not authorized to.

  • @chazman4461
    @chazman4461 3 роки тому +811

    Illegal raid means whoever did the raid needs to go to jail. Not a civil suit.

    • @sudilos1172
      @sudilos1172 3 роки тому +28

      Rules for Thee not Me

    • @juliaweber212
      @juliaweber212 3 роки тому +13

      I agree

    • @kthekeeper5117
      @kthekeeper5117 3 роки тому +15

      Yeah, the word “”civil”” is a joke in this case.

    • @TheBooban
      @TheBooban 3 роки тому +19

      Thats true. The FBI should arrest themselves.

    • @Gr3nadgr3gory
      @Gr3nadgr3gory 3 роки тому +10

      At this point I'm on the fence about advocating lethal injection for illegal raids.

  • @AmusementForce
    @AmusementForce 3 роки тому +31

    We all see who the real crooks are...

    • @cdsutton5470
      @cdsutton5470 Рік тому

      Yeah....
      The company that provided the safe deposit boxes pled guilty to conspiracy to launder drug money and other assorted offenses. If you had a safe deposit box there it was reasonable to assume that possibly you might be somebody who was laundering drug money. This practice of laundry and drug money has taken many forms over the years most notably in the form of buying jewelry and art and such and storing them in privately owned facilities that provide safe deposit boxes. If however you are an innocent victim and had nothing to do with laundries, drug money or processing illegal profits from any "venture",
      then of course you would be entitled to all of your property, returned in its original condition along with an inventory signed in triplicate.
      Your "Karen" lawyer should have advised you of this.
      ...and I'm a layman.

  • @jimmyramone5714
    @jimmyramone5714 3 роки тому +435

    They need to sue, even if they get their stuff back.

    • @michaelofsc4143
      @michaelofsc4143 3 роки тому +19

      From what I heard, the warrant didn't include the contents of the boxes.

    • @redinstrumental7535
      @redinstrumental7535 3 роки тому +6

      Bravo

    • @SmokeGrinder
      @SmokeGrinder 3 роки тому +6

      @@michaelofsc4143 , "From what I heard, the warrant didn't include the contents of the boxes."
      from what I read a couple weeks ago, the warrent included directions for the boxes to be explictly excluded. If that's truely the case, then the FBI could easily be summoned by the Judge that signed off on the warrent to answer some questions.
      On another point, The FBI would have been responsible for the computer data reguarding access to the vault.

    • @Rowgue51
      @Rowgue51 3 роки тому +1

      A lawsuit isn't going to result in anything, especially if they get their property back. The court would just rule that the case is moot at that point because the remedy they were seeking had already been provided.

    • @Mavrik9000
      @Mavrik9000 3 роки тому

      @@Rowgue51Interesting point, but which states and courts do practice law in?

  • @HAASgoggles
    @HAASgoggles 3 роки тому +457

    End Civil asset forfeiture, qualified immunity, and other unconstitutional laws and practices that protects law-enforcement from the us constitution.

    • @withwingsaseagleeyes
      @withwingsaseagleeyes 3 роки тому +2

      I'd say for those that are guilty of whatever high crime of course they should lose all their assets. And knows people that are innocent should get all their belongings back.

    • @HAASgoggles
      @HAASgoggles 3 роки тому +15

      @@withwingsaseagleeyesThe burden of proof should be on them. The burden of proof should be on the justice system.
      They shouldn’t have to prove their innocence. Instead the Justice system should have to prove their guilt first.

    • @joelsefur666
      @joelsefur666 3 роки тому +4

      I agree with civil forfeiture being wrong. But qualified immunity is neither unconstitutional or immoral. You realize our police couldn’t even operate without some form of civil immunity? Imagine being completely open to personal lawsuits by every idiot that thinks they’ve been done wrong. It would be impossible to even be a cop, you’d basically sign up to be sued.
      Maybe the laws surrounding qualified immunity can be changed to be more narrow so that bad cops don’t skate on things. But we can’t just get rid of it.

    • @miketj2516
      @miketj2516 3 роки тому +11

      @@joelsefur666 I concur that qualified immunity must go. It is incompatible with a free society. To have an armed force whose mission is to control and oppress the population and to be the violent enforcers of government policy and to have that force face zero accountability for their actions is compatible only with fascist, totalitarian regimes. Lots of professionals have to make split-second decisions under intense pressure (think physicians and nurses) and they don't get qualified immunity, they are responsible for both their bad acts and their mistakes. Maybe without qualified immunity, the police would have some incentive to clean up their corrupt, unjust system. Not all cops are bad, but all cops work in a bad system.

    • @thatonekid9400
      @thatonekid9400 3 роки тому +11

      @@joelsefur666 Doctors do not have qualified immunity and they have 100% more reason to have it than a police officer does. I don't care about your feelings on the matter: if a cop breaks the law they should be held responsible for it. Period. No one should be above the law, NO ONE.

  • @KillerIntent1
    @KillerIntent1 3 роки тому +32

    ironic thing is, according to steve lehto, the warrant explicitly stated that the contents of the lock boxes were not a part of the search and seizure.

    • @kimmieb2u
      @kimmieb2u 6 місяців тому

      Exactly. The boxes should not have been opened. The government should have contacted each box owner, had them come individually, open and remove the box contents.

  • @michaelmakes1225
    @michaelmakes1225 3 роки тому +16

    When the law is above the law, there is no law...

    • @anotherone5926
      @anotherone5926 3 роки тому

      The Constitution became irrelevant as the Elites' "legal" system gradually obfuscated it. Look around. It's BEEN gone.

  • @paulmickiewicz965
    @paulmickiewicz965 3 роки тому +571

    The sad part is even if they win the case, it's highly unlikely the person(s) responsible will pay any real price, and any settlement $$ will come from you and me.

    • @TonyRule
      @TonyRule 3 роки тому +33

      Exactly. Any and all settlement money needs to come from those that made the decisions, like the pension funds of those involved. And end qualified immunity for those issuing orders.

    • @ksdthehammer1284
      @ksdthehammer1284 3 роки тому +9

      It’s ok they use my tax dollars to watch shrimp on a treadmill pissing away our money since the 70s they can use my tax dollars to pay these families👌🏼

    • @edwardmiessner6502
      @edwardmiessner6502 3 роки тому +7

      Except the judges or even SCOTUS will find a way to destroy their lawsuits

    • @beth-rg8bm
      @beth-rg8bm 3 роки тому +4

      Yep...they play...we pay!

    • @Lsmaf
      @Lsmaf 3 роки тому +10

      Not only that, but you can count on a lot of items "getting lost" and never returned. Also, they'll demand an itemized list and receipts for each item before returning anything. Major impediments to getting your possessions back.

  • @loudmouf9246
    @loudmouf9246 3 роки тому +339

    This is why you should throughly hide your money from the government.

    • @johntuffy5721
      @johntuffy5721 3 роки тому +32

      @D. actually yes

    • @jebediahkerman8245
      @jebediahkerman8245 3 роки тому +25

      @D. you laugh, but that is literally true now

    • @bobhoffman5581
      @bobhoffman5581 3 роки тому +27

      If they keep printing it, your $ will have one viable use at some point; you'll be able to use it as toilet paper... Reality 101

    • @philipocallaghan
      @philipocallaghan 3 роки тому +7

      @D. Most mattresses are fire proofed (non flammable) by manufacturing standards law, but I guess maybe not in the USA.

    • @booty4801
      @booty4801 3 роки тому +13

      Paper fiat currency will become useless soon. Food, ammo, medical supplies and precious metals are what we need.

  • @InstituteForJustice
    @InstituteForJustice  2 роки тому +20

    CASE UPDATE: New evidence brought to light in IJ's federal class action lawsuit reveals the previously hidden history of the federal government’s raid, which deliberately violated the constitutional rights of hundreds of people throughout Southern California.
    Read the press release here: ij.org/press-release/lawsuit-uncovers-the-inside-story-of-the-fbis-plans-to-take-security-deposit-boxes-without-charging-owners-with-crimes/

  • @rimckd825
    @rimckd825 3 роки тому +11

    Using any Safe Deposit Box is now like securing personal information with Google...

    • @anotherone5926
      @anotherone5926 3 роки тому

      and 'gag-all' is only a generic name for Elitists and their corporate Prostitute puppets?

  • @KentuckyReef
    @KentuckyReef 3 роки тому +312

    I wonder why more and more people are getting tired of government bullies…

    • @Markham12thcentury
      @Markham12thcentury 3 роки тому +13

      I know, right? It's almost as if they are begging and pleading for a violent revolution. I hope they can handle it when they realize 81 million Biden supporters were mostly duplicated ballots and don't represent actual, battle-ready soldiers. the 75 million who voted for Trump however..........

    • @edwardmiessner6502
      @edwardmiessner6502 3 роки тому +8

      @Frank dos May he didn't clean it up the last time, he only replaced the corruption with his own. And the FBI did nothing as he fomented an insurrection and putsch in order to stage a coup. Why give him a second chance?

    • @MrEdrftgyuji
      @MrEdrftgyuji 3 роки тому +9

      @@edwardmiessner6502 "And the FBI did nothing..."
      Doesn't that tell you something? The whole thing was staged by the FBI and CIA in order to make Trump look bad. Police were directing people into the Capitol building, most people there had no idea what was going on.

    • @RP-gi4ch
      @RP-gi4ch 3 роки тому +3

      @@edwardmiessner6502 - You're stuck on that insurrection bullshit. Do you really believe that a bunch of unarmed people went to the Capital to overthrow the U.S. government? Dumb-ass!

    • @hazelhorsehaze
      @hazelhorsehaze 3 роки тому

      It's SICK how we the people don't have a say I'm much anymore.

  • @johnhoppkins7258
    @johnhoppkins7258 3 роки тому +363

    It doesn't take even one second to not illegally confiscate people property. I'd be using this as an opportunity to destroy civil asset forfeiture and take power away from government.

    • @aethelwolfe3539
      @aethelwolfe3539 3 роки тому +20

      FBI are stasi tyrant boot jacks.

    • @kiethmergard
      @kiethmergard 3 роки тому +4

      @@aethelwolfe3539 definitely can be. They also have been proven to protect against terrorist plots and organized crime. I’d say it’s a mixed bag

    • @2TROLL1
      @2TROLL1 3 роки тому +9

      You are owned; you own nothing; face lt.

    • @NoNORADon911
      @NoNORADon911 3 роки тому +2

      This video seems fake af? Maybe its not but sure feels fake.

    • @NoNORADon911
      @NoNORADon911 3 роки тому +2

      @2:50 for example lol

  • @tedphillips2501
    @tedphillips2501 3 роки тому +9

    Where's the freedom of information documenting the agents who committed this crime ?

  • @aldec4618
    @aldec4618 2 роки тому +9

    Most of the agents involved in the raid were “just following orders”; I think we’ve heard this before.
    Whoever was in charge should be charged with several violations of the 4th amendment.
    These actions constitute tyranny and should be dealt with accordingly.

  • @abennett2783
    @abennett2783 3 роки тому +278

    It’s going to continue to get worse, until the people put their petty differences aside, and fix it!

    • @sudilos1172
      @sudilos1172 3 роки тому +17

      media working 24-7 to divide us

    • @geraldcouture5319
      @geraldcouture5319 3 роки тому +6

      There is a deep state and we are in a tyrannical takeover by the Marxist left. Do you really think the things Biden is doing is of his own accord? No, the man can hardly put two sentences together and has a bigoted history and now all of a sudden he in enacts all these racist anti white programs and states white supremacy is the biggest threat to the US, who are, antifa? When I see all the Asian violence and people being attacked it’s not a ‘white’ group of terrorist

    • @juangringo3906
      @juangringo3906 3 роки тому +1

      Cronies and comrades mean the same thing so does their ideology. The vast majority is neither alt left or alt right. Its the same totalitarian ideology being used to divide U.S. Virtue Signaling is a form of Communist Confucionism. Art of War.

    • @rickmatz4456
      @rickmatz4456 3 роки тому +1

      Bored agents with nothing to do.

    • @icydawn1861
      @icydawn1861 3 роки тому +2

      Obamas 3rd term

  • @jonathanbilling2131
    @jonathanbilling2131 3 роки тому +123

    That is why burying treasure in the yard is safer.

    • @jebediahkerman8245
      @jebediahkerman8245 3 роки тому +9

      Oh, the yellow gold of Texas is what I wanna save. I will not pay no taxes if I hide it in a cave

    • @wdavis9680
      @wdavis9680 3 роки тому +1

      @@jebediahkerman8245 interesting limerick, where or what is this from?

    • @havenbastion
      @havenbastion 3 роки тому +4

      The only real security is security through obscurity.

    • @MrArtVein
      @MrArtVein 3 роки тому +4

      @@wdavis9680 The Rich Texan from the Simpsons

    • @wdavis9680
      @wdavis9680 3 роки тому +1

      @@MrArtVein mahalo

  • @kelanders
    @kelanders 2 роки тому +3

    Judges need to be held accountable!

  • @SnuffitLabs
    @SnuffitLabs 3 роки тому +12

    They missed the 5th amendment due process clause in addition to the 4th!! Their property was taken from them without due process (a very big no-no).

  • @heidicrimmings9615
    @heidicrimmings9615 3 роки тому +60

    Something like this happened to me in the 1990s. My box was opened...many others,too.and when I retrieved my belongings, my 1810 penny was missing . Never have been able to forget.

  • @nemo227
    @nemo227 3 роки тому +142

    The actions of the judge who signed the warrant, the FBI, and all officials involved SHOULD face criminal charges.

    • @TheAIishere
      @TheAIishere 3 роки тому +14

      From what I understand the actual warrant was specific and the FBI wholly interpreted it to justify this massive asset grab. To which the judge should have bench warranted them all back into his court room and found them all in contempt, and guilty of perjury since clearly they lied about their intent when seeking the warrant. That action alone would get the judge off the hook and since it was not taken, I agree even the judge should be held accountable for this disaster.

    • @rustym.shackelford5546
      @rustym.shackelford5546 3 роки тому +5

      @@TheAIishere But that will never happen thanks to "Qualified Immunity" - truly The FBI is seizing the means of production in their efforts to consolidate The USSA (United Soviet Satellites of America).

    • @Masterrunescapeer
      @Masterrunescapeer 3 роки тому +4

      @@rustym.shackelford5546 you won't have qualified immunity for breaking the 4th amendment.
      "Qualified immunity, established by the Supreme Court in 1967, effectively protects state and local officials, including police officers, from personal liability unless they are determined to have violated what the court defines as an individual's "clearly established statutory or constitutional rights."
      They broke the 4th amendment, so constitution, judge did not grant them the right, they are all personally liable. The question is more whether it's worth going after the individual or the department, department has more money.

    • @rustym.shackelford5546
      @rustym.shackelford5546 3 роки тому +1

      @@Masterrunescapeer Well - I stand corrected. Thanks for the info. ☺

    • @cdsutton5470
      @cdsutton5470 Рік тому

      Yeah....
      The company that provided the safe deposit boxes pled guilty to conspiracy to launder drug money and other assorted offenses. If you had a safe deposit box there it was reasonable to assume that possibly you might be somebody who was laundering drug money. This practice of laundry and drug money has taken many forms over the years most notably in the form of buying jewelry and art and such and storing them in privately owned facilities that provide safe deposit boxes. If however you are an innocent victim and had nothing to do with laundries, drug money or processing illegal profits from any "venture",
      then of course you would be entitled to all of your property, returned in its original condition along with an inventory signed in triplicate.
      Your "Karen" lawyer should have advised you of this.
      ...and I'm a layman.

  • @scottmghill
    @scottmghill 2 роки тому +3

    Getting the property back is not enough. The FBI agents in charge must go to jail.

  • @Bnguyen276
    @Bnguyen276 3 роки тому +5

    Who ever was overseeing this case and the federal judge who signed off on this should be fired.

  • @subjectofgov
    @subjectofgov 3 роки тому +195

    The problem wasn't this business was allowing criminal activity, the problem was the gov didn't know what was in the boxes.

    • @GoT_17k
      @GoT_17k 3 роки тому +37

      exactly. AND that is exactly none of the federalies business

    • @jacqueslefave4296
      @jacqueslefave4296 3 роки тому +29

      Read the Fourth Amendment. The warrant must be particular and not general, both as to persons to be searched and property to be searched and or seized. General search warrants was on of the major reasons that we issued the Declaration of Independence, and fought the Revolution. The FBI is far worse than the British ever were.

    • @juangringo3906
      @juangringo3906 3 роки тому +9

      Imagine how many charges they can put on ppl for having the "wrong" thing in one of those boxes. Also how they could gather certain info that might be damning or possibly illegal. Not to mention passwords/keys or other things that would allow them to access further into ppls private info/assets. This turns the real victim into a perpetrator. Not like that believe all victims bs where a crime hasnt even been established and/or its one persons word againest another.

    • @HerMajesty1
      @HerMajesty1 3 роки тому +11

      I wonder how much will be stolen

    • @jacqueslefave4296
      @jacqueslefave4296 3 роки тому +9

      @@HerMajesty1 All of it, if they can get away with it. There may eventually be some judicial intervention.
      If you live in one of the states that has voter initiatives, and get a repeal of the forfeiture statutes on a state level, and put in it a clause that state law enforcement agencies or individuals could not cooperate with the Feds, including penalties for doing so, you could put a big dent in it. The Federal statutes would have to be repealed by Congress or declared unconstitutional.

  • @steved3001
    @steved3001 3 роки тому +77

    Moral of the story, don't deposit valuables in a bank. This is just the beginning.

    • @MGower4465
      @MGower4465 3 роки тому +6

      This was not a bank

    • @violetscott5628
      @violetscott5628 3 роки тому +4

      Same thing

    • @falcon127
      @falcon127 3 роки тому +2

      Or a privet company like this one

    • @MGower4465
      @MGower4465 3 роки тому +1

      @@violetscott5628 Not really. Banks require ID to o0en accounts or get a security box. The business here is shown to require by the ads seen on-screen. People up to shady stuff would be much more likely to go to such a place.
      A fireproof safe only protects stuff for a finite time, and could be a prime target for looters if it does survive a fire intact.

    • @corriedebeer799
      @corriedebeer799 3 роки тому +3

      That is not the moral of the story, the moral of the story is don't trust any government agent and fight for your rights.

  • @Ch1n4Sailor
    @Ch1n4Sailor 2 роки тому +2

    They NEED to start holding these FBI agents & Managers countable -- Like JAIL Time!!!

  • @doombringer1505
    @doombringer1505 3 роки тому +2

    "Giving back their property" should not be the end of this! WHO made the call? WHAT were they "investigating"? Heads need to ROLL. I hope this BLOWS UP in the Govt's FACE. BIG TIME.

  • @xygnusx5067
    @xygnusx5067 3 роки тому +101

    Are you kidding me?
    Where are the “legislators?” This is unacceptable!

    • @rickysantana5658
      @rickysantana5658 3 роки тому +1

      They're getting rich off the tax paying peasants

    • @juangringo3906
      @juangringo3906 3 роки тому

      @@rickysantana5658 You think theyre getting rich now just wait till they collapse the dollar into the peso.

    • @glasslinger
      @glasslinger 3 роки тому

      Pelosi didn't have a box there so she doesn't give a shit!

    • @GrouchoTM
      @GrouchoTM 3 роки тому +2

      Democrat policies at it's best! Lmao

    • @fizixx
      @fizixx 3 роки тому

      California legislators? That's a laugh.

  • @stephenhawkins1961
    @stephenhawkins1961 3 роки тому +140

    The sickening thing about this is none of the agents can be held accountable. Federal agents are just about totally immune to accountabilty because of qualified immunity. The worst thing the Supreme Court ever did.

    • @MyWhishingWell
      @MyWhishingWell 3 роки тому +5

      Right. Watch the show Blacklist. 😂

    • @SM77785
      @SM77785 3 роки тому +4

      The other problem is that the Orange Man has always supported robbing the America...errr, "civil asset forfeiture" and "sovereign immunity". Orange Man not good.

    • @stephenhawkins1961
      @stephenhawkins1961 3 роки тому +10

      @@SM77785 Wtf, what does trump have to do with any of this ? You obviously are still suffering from lingering derangement. My god u idiot, in 100 days biden has taken the US into a pile of shit out of nothing more than hate & despite just like u. get a life fucking idiot.

    • @swervv2957
      @swervv2957 3 роки тому +8

      @@stephenhawkins1961 you guys are both idiots to think any of those two piece of shits give a shit about you. They are all in the same crooked affairs. What effects us daily will never affect them. We’re the ones looking dumb and at each other’s necks while they laugh and continue to get rich and take our rights

    • @charliepiland3285
      @charliepiland3285 3 роки тому +2

      Steve, more likely a tie between that and the Citizens United abomination.

  • @ssweeps
    @ssweeps 3 роки тому +2

    Never put valuables in a safety deposit box. Plus they are not insured. And they are expensive.

  • @creocrimson836
    @creocrimson836 5 місяців тому +2

    Civil forfeiture needs to be abolished

  • @Robocline
    @Robocline 3 роки тому +194

    This is akin to being charged under RICO for merely doing business with a mafia front company. The government can't hold someone responsible for what laws others break especially when there's no mens rea or unintentional wrongdoing. Civil asset forfeiture needs to end unless someone has been charged with a crime and even then the accused needs to be convicted before they can keep it. I hope these people get justice for themselves and the other victims of this tyranny.

    • @accuratealloys
      @accuratealloys 3 роки тому +18

      People lose their homes because of their kid deals weed one the side but lives in their parents home. The parents are innocent but still screwed.

    • @falcon127
      @falcon127 3 роки тому +13

      Federal Govt is very corupt.

    • @bernadettesandoval3990
      @bernadettesandoval3990 3 роки тому +9

      @@falcon127 the most corrupt in history!!

    • @jackburnell3209
      @jackburnell3209 3 роки тому +5

      The FBI and DOJ charge people every day under the NDAA for unknowingly aiding "terrorist organizations" by donating money to charities or causes. The FBI and DOJ are now overt criminal organizations drunk with power

    • @edwardmiessner6502
      @edwardmiessner6502 3 роки тому +3

      @@bernadettesandoval3990 worse than even the Roman Empire which was called The Beast in Revelation

  • @rickerhart907
    @rickerhart907 3 роки тому +70

    The FBI's out-of-control needs to be broken up and reorganized

    • @samjordan8800
      @samjordan8800 3 роки тому +6

      No. They need to be shut down and all agents fired and blacklisted from working for any other govt agency EVAH!

    • @billfargo9616
      @billfargo9616 3 роки тому +6

      Since the FBI was created by an executive order, it can be abolished by an executive order.

    • @MrIgottap
      @MrIgottap 3 роки тому +1

      The ones that truly need to be “canceled” never get it.

    • @chevelle1
      @chevelle1 Рік тому +2

      All law enforcement is out of control.

    • @FreedomInc
      @FreedomInc Рік тому +1

      They, along with all policing forces in this country need to be abolished. If government has authority over you then you are not free.

  • @jackcarterog001
    @jackcarterog001 Рік тому +1

    All involved with this theft should be placed in prison for a VERY long time

  • @davincimemes3631
    @davincimemes3631 2 роки тому +2

    You don't get what you want in life... YOU ONLY GET WHAT YOU TOLERATE!

  • @bertram46
    @bertram46 3 роки тому +219

    There should be many more suits like this at all levels. And the arrogant individuals who make these decisions should be held personally liable

    • @Damitsall
      @Damitsall 3 роки тому +7

      Judges and all law enforcement that do this on a daily basis to people, should be held accountable. No "qualified immunity" so they can make tax slaves pay for their mistakes.

    • @timc333
      @timc333 3 роки тому +1

      First they will not win , as the government enjoys Immunity , secondly even if they did win being a class action they would only see pennies on the dollar , their lawyers will clean up real good , and we all know it is all about making the lawyers more rich .

    • @johnthree1611
      @johnthree1611 3 роки тому +1

      A civilian judge, and jury that can convict government officials would be a start. A 12 person jury.

  • @roscoe75
    @roscoe75 3 роки тому +42

    This is crazy!!! Another example of government over stepping its authority.

  • @llh2385
    @llh2385 3 роки тому +1

    It's nobody's business why you want a safety deposit box! That in itself is government overreach.

  • @RonKris
    @RonKris 3 роки тому +1

    Thanks to the Institute for Justice and the Snitkos for forcing the Government to follow the law. That even sounds strange to say.

  • @mashroob
    @mashroob 3 роки тому +13

    Are we sick of big government yet?

  • @ymehair
    @ymehair 3 роки тому +21

    Who ever signed the search warrant needs to be held accountable! Go after them and show that this will not be accepted!

    • @cdsutton5470
      @cdsutton5470 Рік тому

      Yeah....
      The company that provided the safe deposit boxes pled guilty to conspiracy to launder drug money and other assorted offenses. If you had a safe deposit box there it was reasonable to assume that possibly you might be somebody who was laundering drug money. This practice of laundry and drug money has taken many forms over the years most notably in the form of buying jewelry and art and such and storing them in privately owned facilities that provide safe deposit boxes. If however you are an innocent victim and had nothing to do with laundries, drug money or processing illegal profits from any "venture",
      then of course you would be entitled to all of your property, returned in its original condition along with an inventory signed in triplicate.
      Your "Karen" lawyer should have advised you of this.
      ...and I'm a layman.

  • @anthonygaydotcom
    @anthonygaydotcom 2 роки тому +2

    Should be automatic death penalty for any government officials who violate humanity

  • @itzcaseykc
    @itzcaseykc 3 роки тому +1

    What is unsettling is the fact they did not target one or two safety boxes, but ALL with indiscriminate indifference.

  • @prex345
    @prex345 3 роки тому +61

    Post the name and photograph of the agent in charge. Put these tyrants on full display.

  • @philipocallaghan
    @philipocallaghan 3 роки тому +43

    So the FBI can search my rented house and seize its contents if I don't have proof of ownership because I'm renting it from a suspected criminal? It's no different.

    • @anthonyoer4778
      @anthonyoer4778 3 роки тому +8

      Or seize your car because the valet was smoking weed in the parking lot.

    • @philipocallaghan
      @philipocallaghan 3 роки тому

      @@anthonyoer4778 Not the same at all, because the valet was IN your car.

    • @anthonyoer4778
      @anthonyoer4778 3 роки тому +1

      @@philipocallaghan their is the vase of the FBI taking safety security boxes in California bc the bank was doing illegal work. Hundreds of people had their safety boxes seized... 2 years ago.

    • @edwardmiessner6502
      @edwardmiessner6502 3 роки тому

      @@anthonyoer4778 what was the outcome of the lawsuits

    • @edwardmiessner6502
      @edwardmiessner6502 3 роки тому

      Yep.

  • @rcas350pilot8
    @rcas350pilot8 2 роки тому +2

    Next thing they will want to enter your house without a search warrant and take valuable stuff under civil forfeiture laws.

  • @lin018
    @lin018 3 роки тому +2

    Government should pay for legal fees and the time wasted.

    • @TheAIishere
      @TheAIishere 3 роки тому

      Triple because it was fraudulent interpretation of a warrant that got this mess started...

  • @frederickwise5238
    @frederickwise5238 3 роки тому +102

    And hey wonder why people dont trust and are seeking to defend themselves from government.

    • @mikeg3439
      @mikeg3439 3 роки тому

      or why the Libertarian party grows bigger every single year.

  • @RobertWGreaves
    @RobertWGreaves 3 роки тому +73

    The FBI has no justification for using civil asset forfeiture in this case.

    • @jefffraser4345
      @jefffraser4345 3 роки тому

      Actually if done right this would be one of the few cases where it's likely appropriate use of civil forfeiture.
      BTW I'm against civil forfeiture because it's massively abused. Just pointing out this type of situation is literally what it was designed for if being used properly.

    • @RobertWGreaves
      @RobertWGreaves 3 роки тому +1

      @@jefffraser4345 not mentioned in this video was the fact that the warrant used to search the place of business specifically stated the contents of boxes was not part of the warrant. Civil asset forfeiture is theft unless a crime can actually be proven. Without such a conviction seizure is unconstitutional.

    • @jefffraser4345
      @jefffraser4345 3 роки тому

      @@RobertWGreaves told you I'm against civil forfeiture.
      However it's intent was to be used against cases of organized criminals to seize their money and assets when it was to difficult to directly tie them to a crime. Honestly we need judicial reform to get rid of the current set up that's been catered to protecting criminals. Criminal groups have the money and interest to modify the judicial system to favor them. For to long we've let them modify the system to the point they own our courts completely. Civil forfeiture was a misguided attempt to deal with the corruption and ineffectiveness of the courts.

    • @Luckyrider1958
      @Luckyrider1958 3 роки тому

      @@jefffraser4345 Raiding any and all boxes.. in a HUNT for "something" to charge.. is OK with you? because that is what THIS WAS.....

    • @jefffraser4345
      @jefffraser4345 3 роки тому

      @@Luckyrider1958 learn to read, everything you just said or false.
      First nothing in my conversation related to the illegal search and seizure of any boxes.
      The conversation was about civil forfeiture that I clearly said I oppose. I simply corrected that this isn't an inappropriate use of civil forfeiture but rather is literally the literal reason civil forfeiture was created for.

  • @brianthornton79
    @brianthornton79 6 місяців тому

    Congrats on keeping the government accountable

  • @andrewandretti7379
    @andrewandretti7379 3 роки тому +1

    Never trust Banks and Safety boxes as a business. Keep your "treasure" in your safe place.

  • @24carrotgold8
    @24carrotgold8 3 роки тому +11

    I won't be storing my precious metals in a private vault! Forget having a gold IRA.

  • @alphonse2234
    @alphonse2234 3 роки тому +21

    civil asset forfeiture abuse needs to stop.

  • @michaelmay7917
    @michaelmay7917 3 роки тому +3

    Continue with the class action lawsuit. Include all box holders.

  • @rmhartman
    @rmhartman 3 роки тому +4

    The seizure actually violated the warrant they had obtained.

  • @maebandy
    @maebandy 3 роки тому +45

    Well this was a governmental test case. Glad to see someone stand up and let them know the test didn't go well.

  • @simonhadley8829
    @simonhadley8829 3 роки тому +49

    The judge who signed off on this illegal seizure should be publicly named and shamed.

    • @katherinecockerham6315
      @katherinecockerham6315 2 роки тому +3

      The judge okayed the warrant against the business but specifically exempted the boxes from being searched. The FBI ignored the judge's instructions about not opening the boxes. They have no respect for the law or the courts.

    • @tillybean3772
      @tillybean3772 2 роки тому +1

      And hung

    • @duddude321
      @duddude321 2 роки тому

      Not the judge's fault this time. The warrant specifically said the contents of the boxes were not subject to the warrant.

  • @Cutest-Bunny998
    @Cutest-Bunny998 3 роки тому +2

    The search warrant in this case SPECIFICALLY EXCLUDES the contents of the boxes. This is a blatant abuse by the government.

  • @Justin-hv7eu
    @Justin-hv7eu 2 роки тому +1

    Let’s start giving them a taste of their own medicine.

  • @jackyou7598
    @jackyou7598 3 роки тому +43

    FBI forgot: the right of the people to be secure in their houses, persons, papers, and effects, against unreasonable searches and seizures, shall not be violated, and warrant shall issue but upon probable cause, supported by oath and affirmation, particularly describing things to be seized and places to be searched.

    • @freeyourmind8849
      @freeyourmind8849 3 роки тому

      Lol. Citizens don't have rights in corporate America. That is why those officials hide in their mansions so they don't get shot

    • @killermogle
      @killermogle 2 роки тому

      You forgot: it’s not unreasonable to search safety deposit boxes in an institution that is laundering money.

    • @jackyou7598
      @jackyou7598 2 роки тому

      @@killermogle depends what PC the FBI has.. if the PC is only for the bank, they have no right to search individual boxes.

    • @mrradman2986
      @mrradman2986 2 роки тому

      @@killermogle Not true. The government must show probable cause in each and every box it wishes to search. Anything else is simply a police state and absolutely not to be tolerated.
      Unfortunately the FBI have been corrupted beyond redemption and needs disbanding with a new institution replacing it.

  • @petermenningen338
    @petermenningen338 3 роки тому +44

    The FBI needs to give every one of those people who they stole from about $1 M taken from the salaries of the Managers and Directors directly.

    • @BILLBILLH
      @BILLBILLH 3 роки тому +1

      no... we don't want to pay for that. it would come out of tax payer monies.

    • @JaM-rj9os
      @JaM-rj9os 3 роки тому +3

      @@BILLBILLH True, how about we just disband them instead

  • @sky173
    @sky173 3 роки тому +9

    This is why I bury my money/valuables in the middle of nowhere.

    • @voraciouschild9226
      @voraciouschild9226 3 роки тому +1

      Have you seen the losers that walk around with machines to detect what's underground? I see them all the time & it pisses me off.

    • @alfr1
      @alfr1 3 роки тому +1

      I planted mine in the septic tank; anyone who digs it up can keep it.

  • @tommyboy7820
    @tommyboy7820 3 роки тому

    Thank you for sharing

  • @ManiusCuriusDenatus
    @ManiusCuriusDenatus 3 роки тому +82

    "That to secure these rights governments are instituted among men deriving their just powers from the consent of the governed, that whenever any form of government becomes destructive to these ends it is the right of the people to alter or abolish it and institute new government...."

    • @vettekkimmy
      @vettekkimmy 3 роки тому +1

      Where is this from?

    • @ManiusCuriusDenatus
      @ManiusCuriusDenatus 3 роки тому +11

      @@vettekkimmy The Declaration of Independence.

    • @ManiusCuriusDenatus
      @ManiusCuriusDenatus 3 роки тому +5

      @@vettekkimmy If you have any interest you can read Pauline Maier's American Scripture. It's about the Declaration and also all the myriad Declarations floating around at the time.

    • @handynothandsome261
      @handynothandsome261 3 роки тому

      *The Tree of Liberty is thirsty... and for ONCE in the history of this great republic, I suggest we water it with the blood of tyrants and criminals this time, instead of the blood of Patriots.*

  • @tomsmith8511
    @tomsmith8511 3 роки тому +72

    Every day the government shows us with acts like this. why the right to bear arms should never be given up.

  • @7ajhubbell
    @7ajhubbell 3 роки тому +1

    Thank you.

  • @humdrumgames5400
    @humdrumgames5400 3 роки тому +1

    My new favorite channel on youtube. Great coverage.

  • @chrisclark5204
    @chrisclark5204 3 роки тому +10

    Not only return the box holder's property but be forced to pay monetary damages out of their budget.

  • @falcon127
    @falcon127 3 роки тому +24

    So who from th he FBI is going to prison or getting fired for knowingly violating the LAW?

    • @HamguyBacon
      @HamguyBacon 3 роки тому +1

      HAH!

    • @LC-uh8if
      @LC-uh8if 2 роки тому

      Thanks for the laugh. That's a good one.

  • @MrsReginaFox
    @MrsReginaFox 3 роки тому +6

    We all need to stand up for our constitutional rights whenever ANY of them are VIOLATED!!! If we don’t start NOW we will loose them.

    • @havenbastion
      @havenbastion 8 місяців тому

      If they're violated with impunity you never had them in the first place.

  • @richardcooley6061
    @richardcooley6061 3 роки тому +2

    Why would drug cartels put their goods in a place like a public safety deposit store when they could just pay for the building of their own bank and keep their stuff there? It's not like they can't afford to.

  • @GeorgeWMays
    @GeorgeWMays 3 роки тому +23

    FBI botched this. I'm really starting to question the abilities of the FBI.

    • @LairdJ56
      @LairdJ56 3 роки тому +3

      The same FBI that sat on hunters laptop for a year but still did fuck all

    • @aevangel1
      @aevangel1 3 роки тому +2

      The FBI has been compromised since the obama days. That traitor politicized as much of the government as he could, DOJ, FBI, IRS, NIH, CDC, etc....

    • @GeorgeWMays
      @GeorgeWMays 3 роки тому

      @Jan LeMay Of course I did. More of the same.

    • @GeorgeWMays
      @GeorgeWMays 3 роки тому +1

      @@LairdJ56 Yep, that FBI. Makes you wonder, right?

    • @Liberty4Ever
      @Liberty4Ever 3 роки тому +1

      They seized everything. The FBI's ability is much less in question than their integrity, legality, constitutionality....

  • @tagbarzeev4850
    @tagbarzeev4850 3 роки тому +13

    I am from the government and I am here to help you

  • @sigsauer3719
    @sigsauer3719 2 роки тому +2

    If you’re here illegally you already got your contents back plus a big fat check for extra… gotta love how corrupt the government has become…

  • @kf5435
    @kf5435 3 роки тому +8

    Cops do this every day on the did of the road with civil asset seizures.

  • @janwells2199
    @janwells2199 3 роки тому +19

    "Ooooh, pretty antique rings! My son can use them for his fiancee!" --- Sorry, no rings in this inventory.

  • @timkaldahl
    @timkaldahl 3 роки тому +16

    I thought it was reported that the safety deposit boxes weren't part of the warrant.

    • @bamahama707
      @bamahama707 3 роки тому +3

      Then why were those boxes AND THE CONTENTS seized?

    • @bobsmith-wg9fz
      @bobsmith-wg9fz 3 роки тому +4

      @@bamahama707 because $$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$ like always $$$$$$$$$$$$$$

  • @deborahdobbie
    @deborahdobbie 2 роки тому +2

    This channel is amazing. 🙏🏼

  • @jimmiedmc1
    @jimmiedmc1 6 місяців тому +1

    Glad about the update it's about time

  • @bgone4265
    @bgone4265 3 роки тому +18

    They were after certain people's boxes, and have to play it out, to hide their real intentions.

    • @nonyabizness.original
      @nonyabizness.original 3 роки тому +1

      "The right of the people to be secure in their persons, houses, papers, and effects, against unreasonable searches and seizures, shall not be violated, and no Warrants shall issue, but upon probable cause, supported by Oath or affirmation, and PARTICULARLY DESCRIBING the place to be searched, and the persons or THINGS TO BE SEIZED."

  • @brett76544
    @brett76544 3 роки тому +18

    So, they had the property for a time period. Charge them for the use of your property for that time period and since there was no agreed to price, set it to what you want.

    • @rickyrick9328
      @rickyrick9328 3 роки тому

      Or, you could step into reality and realize your statement is rubbish.

    • @brett76544
      @brett76544 3 роки тому +2

      @@rickyrick9328 or you could just shut up

  • @rmp5s
    @rmp5s 3 роки тому

    Abhorrent. Sue them into oblivion.

  • @ninja1antelope
    @ninja1antelope 3 роки тому

    What a nightmare.

  • @rebeccatracy245
    @rebeccatracy245 3 роки тому +15

    I'm sorry for what happened to you....just goes to show how Evil our Government has become
    Sending Prayers

  • @timinwsac
    @timinwsac 3 роки тому +20

    I'd want to know where the twenty Krugerrands that were in the box went.

  • @xyzct
    @xyzct 3 роки тому

    If you tell the average person about civil asset forfeiture, they simply don't believe you.

  • @davidwright873
    @davidwright873 2 роки тому +1

    a fireproof safe somewhere in the house is always an alternative...

  • @giselawatson2203
    @giselawatson2203 3 роки тому +74

    Welcome to the Patriot Act. They can take anything you have any time they want.

    • @gwarlow
      @gwarlow 3 роки тому +9

      And most of the fine folks that “represent” their constituents in Congress that voted for the “Patriot” Act don’t know what’s in it. Shameful.

    • @libtard.4844
      @libtard.4844 3 роки тому

      @@nguvuzawatunguvuzawatu4506 yeah that's actually one of the few things I strongly disagree with that they enacted.

    • @libtard.4844
      @libtard.4844 3 роки тому

      @@nguvuzawatunguvuzawatu4506 yeah that's actually one of the few things I strongly disagree with that they enacted.

    • @jamuraisack5503
      @jamuraisack5503 3 роки тому +2

      @@nguvuzawatunguvuzawatu4506 A: they're not far-right. Stop abusing the term ffs.
      B: both parties pushed that crap through.

    • @nguvuzawatunguvuzawatu4506
      @nguvuzawatunguvuzawatu4506 3 роки тому

      @@jamuraisack5503 🆗
      Did I just get rebuked‽

  • @paulskopic5844
    @paulskopic5844 3 роки тому +10

    How much of the property stolen from these people will be lost while in fbi control?

  • @patmagsc
    @patmagsc 3 роки тому

    They wouldn't let me sue...for something similar.

  • @charlescummings1128
    @charlescummings1128 3 роки тому

    We as citizens have to DEMAND accountability for our officials in the federal, state, and local justice systems. Justice Department officials should be prosecuted for illegal or incompetent acts against innocent citizens

  • @darksideblues135
    @darksideblues135 3 роки тому +5

    Remember, this can happen with the cloud. Keep everything local

  • @cplyardbirdusmc5678
    @cplyardbirdusmc5678 3 роки тому +17

    Public execution for all involved "officials" that violated the law.

  • @SMac-bq8sk
    @SMac-bq8sk 3 роки тому

    It should be called CRIMINAL forfeiture, not CIVIL.

  • @sim672
    @sim672 3 роки тому

    lesson here is to trust yourself and figure out a way to store this stuff where the government or other people dont have any kind of control over it!

  • @modolief
    @modolief 3 роки тому +19

    I’m glad you guys are working on this case. It’s amazing what the fascists are trying to pull on us these days.

  • @lucirees
    @lucirees 3 роки тому +6

    Thank you for pursuing this as overreach is getting out of hand!

  • @ronhiel6898
    @ronhiel6898 3 роки тому

    This is very scary that a sitting US Judge should be able to have this much abusive power. Where does that unchecked power end?

  • @carlmanvers5009
    @carlmanvers5009 3 роки тому

    They wanted to keep items secure outside of a bank? Yeah. That is seriously frowned upon by the powers that be.