Yeah no normal person is carrying that much cash. Its either a trap or a crime.
The closest normal reason I can think of is a poorer person having to pay rent in cash to their underhanded landlord. Such a loss is devastating.
But the police probably aren’t getting it all back to them though, esp since theyd have to go in and ask (AFTER dropping it off), including explaining their carry amount.
…so I’d rather look for contact info of some kind, but then we’re back to trap or crime.
tmyakal@infosec.pub 2 weeks ago
Absolutely this. NYPD used to set up “stings” where they’d place a wallet like this down and then arrest the first person to pick it up. Doesn’t matter if you were going to take it to the police station to turn it in or not, they just arrest you on the spot.
cattywampas@lemmy.world 2 weeks ago
For what crime?
tmyakal@infosec.pub 2 weeks ago
Theft. Pickpocketing. You’ve got a wallet that isn’t yours, so you must have stolen it. Nevermind that the office arresting you put it there and watched you pick it up, because it’s your word against there’s.
It was a quick and easy way for cops to hit their quota, even if the DA didn’t end up prosecuting. Although usually they’d at least try to threaten you into a plea just to help their conviction rate.
LifeInMultipleChoice@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 weeks ago
Great way for an officer to get fired and the city to be sued. Without proof that they didn’t attempt to return it to the owner there is no theft.
Also most states have a time period for returning such property, and it isn’t minutes it’s days
jjlinux@lemmy.zip 2 weeks ago
I’ve been using the FUTO keyboard for a couple of months after Florisboard was driving me nuts with the typos (I refuse to accept that I have fat thumbs and dislexia). So far it’s a huge improvement. It does take a while to ‘learn’ to change to the correct words when I hit space, and I’m always choosing the right word (when I remember to, lol) to improve the suggestions over time. Also, I had to get some good dictionaries for it. I liked Swiftkey a lot, but I not willing to bend over to the surveillance, so in my opinion, this is the best FOSS option I could find.
ironhydroxide@sh.itjust.works 2 weeks ago
My word against where’s?
Samsy@lemmy.ml 2 weeks ago
Heliboard.
SorryImLate@piefed.social 2 weeks ago
I like Helioboard
djdarren@piefed.social 2 weeks ago
Picking up a wallet? A succulent bursting wallet?
sentient_loom@sh.itjust.works 2 weeks ago
I found an article that backs this up. Still not sure precisely what the crime is. Theft, I guess?
policemag.com/…/nypd-lucky-bag-sting-snares-300-o…
snooggums@piefed.world 2 weeks ago
From the article they consider it to be theft if not turned in with all contents. So not arrested for picking it up, but also entrapment bullshit in my opinion since police love to keep unclaimed cash for themselves. Criminalizing that for regular people removes competition.
cattywampas@lemmy.world 2 weeks ago
Ok that’s a little different than being arrested for picking up a random wallet on the sidewalk.
TranscendentalEmpire@lemmy.today 2 weeks ago
The crime of being too poor to afford a lawyer.
kungen@feddit.nu 2 weeks ago
New York Personal Property Law § 252; it doesn’t have any name, it’s just an unclassified misdemeanor.
But we actually have a word for this type of offence in Sweden, “fyndförseelse” (discovery misdemeanor? Not very easy to translate). Basically, if you find something, you have to return it immediately (if you’re aware of who the owner is), and if unknown you need to leave it to the police as soon as possible. But the fun part is, if the rightful owner doesn’t make a claim within 3 months, you become the legal owner and can do what you want with it.
My apartment is right by several bars, and my backyard is one of the more secluded places in the area, so I end up finding stuff all the time; clocks, jewelery, etc, from people who think it’s more appropriate to piss on my wall and grass instead of using the bar’s toilet. Most of them claim their stuff, and that makes me happy, and the rest I can choose to sell or donate it to the government.
So if the NYPD isn’t lying in that article, I don’t see any “gotcha” with it… other than there’s probably more impactful stuff they could be doing.
Microtonal_Banana@lemmy.zip 2 weeks ago
Entrapment?