• anon_8675309@lemmy.world
    2·
    19 分钟前

    I have only found a wallet once in my life. I was able to return it. I couldn’t imagine losing that much cash. I would absolutely return it.

  • db2@lemmy.world
    1·
    18 分钟前

    Return the empty wallet I found because I’m a good guy like that.

    But really I’d try to get it back to the owner. That looks like a life changing loss on top of monumental stupidity, bad combo.

  • lightnsfw@reddthat.com
    10·
    2 小时前

    Last time I found a wallet full of money I returned it to the owner, so I guess probably that. Stupid conscience…

  • wuffah@lemmy.worldEnglish
    15·
    2 小时前

    1. Put the wallet in a safe place.

    2. Locate the owner.

    3. Kill them.

    4. Pay off credit cards.

    • cannedtuna@lemmy.worldOPEnglish
      13·
      2 小时前

      Awfully kind of you to pay off their credit cards so they can rest in peace without the shackles of debt.

    • tmyakal@infosec.pub
      8·
      2 小时前

      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.

        • tmyakal@infosec.pub
          11·
          2 小时前

          Theft. Pickpocketing. You’ve got a wallet that isn’t yours, so you must have stolen it. Nevermind that the officer arresting you put it there and watched you pick it up, because it’s your word against theirs.

          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.

          Edit: I’ve been the victim of autocorrect.

          Edit to the edit: Every time I read this back, I find another typo. Anyone have good Android keyboard recommendations?

          • jtrek@startrek.website
            1·
            30 分钟前

            It was a quick and easy way for cops to hit their quota, even if the DA didn’t end up prosecuting

            I feel like if that sort of thing happens, you should be paid extravagantly. None of this “okay you can go” business after you’ve been fucked around.

          • LifeInMultipleChoice@lemmy.dbzer0.comEnglish
            7·
            2 小时前

            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

            • tmyakal@infosec.pub
              51·
              2 小时前

              …what? Where do you live that cops get fired? Certainly not the US.

              And, yes, people have sued the NYPD. Often and repeatedly. That has only changed how they define their practices, not what those practices are. For example, NYPD officially stopped having quotas for stop-and-frisks after the lawsuit ~15 years ago, but everyone inside the department knows that if you have the fewest stops, you’ll get worse assignments and are more likely to be passed over for promotion.

            • tmyakal@infosec.pub
              3·
              2 小时前

              Thanks. I should just stop using lemmy on my phone. Autocorrect continues to make me look stupid.

          • [deleted]@piefed.worldEnglish
            4·
            2 小时前

            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.

            • tmyakal@infosec.pub
              6·
              2 小时前

              The article is from a site called “Police Mag” and quotes NYPD representatives. I would take what they say about how successful, fair, and justly enforced these stings were with a grain of salt.

              It literally says they stop-and-frisk if the “perpetrator” didn’t immediately return the wallet to the officer. On a crowded street or subway, it’s very possible to see a wallet on the ground and not see who dropped it, and now you’re getting pulled into one of the most bullshit warrantless search practices of modern policing?

            • gravitas_deficiency@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
              2·
              2 小时前

              Well that’s easy to solve. Turn on phone camera as you walk up to it, look around and capture the surroundings, and then pick it up. There’s your evidence. The case would be thrown out.

              • tmyakal@infosec.pub
                3·
                1 小时前

                The case would be thrown out if it made it to a judge with that evidence. But the stings were often a pretense to initiate a stop-and-frisk where additional charges are going to get trumped up. Then they’ll lock you in a room where they just need to convince you that any one of those charges might stick, you’ll have a criminal record, and your life is over. Now you’re plea-bargaining down to a misdemeanor because the cops lied and intimidated you into avoiding a trial where your evidence would be presented.

                The obvious answer is “lawyer up immediately,” but many people can’t afford lawyers. So now you’re getting an overworked, underpaid public defender who wants to spend as little time on your case as possible. You know what they’ll tell you? “Take the deal.”

                The system as it is right now is designed to favor the state. Judges and prosecutors have been trying to reduce the number of jury trials for decades, often arguing that they’re cumbersome and time consuming. Fewer and fewer people get their day in court. Around 95% of US criminal convictions these days come from plea deals where no one had to present evidence. Instead of proving guilt beyond a reasonable doubt to a jury, the police and the DA just need to convince the accused that the state is too tough to fight.

            • cattywampas@lemmy.world
              11·
              2 小时前

              The situation described in the article would not be entrapment. Presenting the opportunity to commit a crime does not constitute entrapment, usually you have to be coerced or tricked in some way.

    • Manticore@lemmy.nz
      3·
      2 小时前

      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. NZ cops aren’t as insane as US cops but they’re overstretched and these jobs aren’t a priority for them.

      …so I’d rather look for contact info of some kind, but then we’re back to trap or crime.

    • ray@sh.itjust.works
      1·
      16 分钟前

      That might be enough cash to buy a bike, but I don’t think it’s quite enough to buy a camera store