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Police look to recover $600G that fell out of Brinks truck on interstate | Fox News

A chaotic scene took place in Indiana on Wednesday morning when bags of cash flew out the back of a Brinks truck on Interstate 70.

People in the area rushed to the scene to stuff their pockets with cash, Fox 59 reported, citing police.

Indiana State Police Cpl. Brock McCooe likened the scene to a movie, “where you have bills, loose bills, flying all over the interstate, vehicles stopping, people getting out of their cars.”

Indiana State Police estimated that up to $600,000 had fallen out of the truck. The Brinks drivers said they do not know if the back door had opened from a malfunction or human error.

Police said some people have called in, willing to return money they grabbed, but the amount has not matched the amount that is missing.

McCooe said police are asking that anyone who took the money from the scene to return it. For anyone who does so, McCooe said, “there’s amnesty, there’s no real questions asked.”
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Seems like no masks allowed in the immediate area of an organized protest is reasonable. Hats and sunglasses aren't allowed inside of banks.
 
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davethevol said:
He was caught due to a book that was written by comedian Patton Oswalt’s recently deceased wife. She put the pieces of the puzzle together.

He also left the police force after getting arrested for stealing a hammer and dog repellent. Someone should have investigated him when that occurred.
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someone stealing a hammer and dog repellent should be investigated as a possible serial killer?
 
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Rasputin_Vol said:
You don't see the clear distinction between private property rights of a bank and a person being out on the public streets? Really?
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You left off the part about it being a protest out on the public streets. You can't wave a gun around in a bank and you usually can't wave a gun around at a protest out on the public streets.
 
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I'm starting to think Ras is a mask wearing protestor 😁
 
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Rasputin_Vol said:
Waving a gun is not equal to wearing a mask. Are you serious?
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There are various rules in various situations. Can't wear a hat in a bank. I can't see anything wrong with a rule that doesn't allow people to wear masks in the immediate area of a protest or demonstration even if it's public property. I don't see why you're making a distinction whether it's a private business or an event in a public place. You can't walk around naked at either one. You can carry a gun into a lot of private businesses. You can't carry a gun into an IRS office. If there's the potential of violence erupting at a public demonstration, then there's nothing wrong with not allowing people to attend while wearing a mask.
 
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Thunder Good-Oil said:
There are various rules in various situations. Can't wear a hat in a bank. I can't see anything wrong with a rule that doesn't allow people to wear masks in the immediate area of a protest or demonstration even if it's public property. I don't see why you're making a distinction whether it's a private business or an event in a public place. You can't walk around naked at either one. You can carry a gun into a lot of private businesses. You can't carry a gun into an IRS office. If there's the potential of violence erupting at a public demonstration, then there's nothing wrong with not allowing people to attend while wearing a mask.
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I've never heard that one before thus I'm a repeat offender.
 
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Ras, you'll get a chuckle out of this one...

So my sister-in-law gets stopped in Hillsville, VA on the way to PA to bury her step-father, who had passed away after a long battle with a laundry list of illnesses. She's driving my wife's SUV, and my wife and niece are also in the vehicle. 80 in a 65 on I-77. The officer is professional, but curt. Tells her he could "arrest her for reckless driving", but writes the ticket and sends her on her way.

Steph is a single-mom, and doesn't have much in the way of disposable income, so I'm going to pay the ticket. She was speeding; she got caught; and that's that. But I make a phone call to the PD and leave a message on the officer's voice mail asking him to call me back. All I want to know is if he will be willing to ask the court to withhold adjudication, so that Steph doesn't take the double-hit of seeing her insurance go up when the ticket posts on her D/R.

No response. So I start doing some research, and I find exactly what I suspect I will find. Virginia is known for draconian traffic laws, and draconian enforcement of those laws. And Hillsville, VA is known as a speed trap. Go figure. Small town, small department, and nice shiny new patrol cars and equipment. Thanks to the close proximity of I-77.

This is the kind of stuff that makes me shake my head, and feel free to laugh at me for getting "caught on my own hook", although not really. Yes, I write speeding tickets...sometimes a lot of them...but I rarely even look at anything less than 15 over, and regardless of the speed, I always try to speak with the driver to see if there is some mitigating circumstance which would allow me to issue a warning instead of a citation. Sometimes yes, and sometimes no. But I always ask.

Had that been me, I'd like to think I would have sent them on their way with a written warning. And when I get a call from anyone, LEO or not, about a citation I have written, I always return the call. If it was important enough for you to reach out to me, it's important enough for me to at least return your call. I can say this because I have done it, hundreds of times. They don't always get the answer they want, but they always get the courtesy of a return call.

Not claiming the moral high ground here, but in an age where everything we do is surgically scrutinized, it's bad enough when LEO's tarnish the badge with questionable, over-aggressive, and sometimes outright criminal behavior. Tracing our lineage back to the Roman Centurions...who kept the peace in whatever recently conquered village they were posted in...sometimes we need to be reminded that we are peacekeepers first, and enforcers second.

I don't think I needed the lesson, because I examined this incident, and I didn't see me. Nonetheless, moving forward I'll try to remember that the car I just stopped may be occupied by someone who might benefit from just a small measure of compassion.

Fire away.....
 
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GreyWolf1129 said:
I don't think I needed the lesson, because I examined this incident, and I didn't see me. Nonetheless, moving forward I'll try to remember that the car I just stopped may be occupied by someone who might benefit from just a small measure of compassion.

Fire away.....
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That is all I ask with regards to all of these encounters between civilians and LEO's... just a basic bit of empathy. My issue isn't with guys like you, GreyWolf. Its these other guys that not only enforce the law with no discretion, but they have no problem using deadly force or escalating a situation over the most minor of offenses.
 
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Rasputin_Vol said:
That is all I ask with regards to all of these encounters between civilians and LEO's... just a basic bit of empathy. My issue isn't with guys like you, GreyWolf. Its these other guys that not only enforce the law with no discretion, but they have no problem using deadly force or escalating a situation over the most minor of offenses.
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And your problem is thinking that's the vast majority of cops when it's actually an extremely small percentage.
 
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