That’s where “civil forfeiture” comes in. The victim probably had something they wanted to steal.
I used to work for a SWAT team in San Diego and it was a few years ago.
Never once did I hear the motivation for serving a search warrant, and I used to type them, was it for what they would seize.
That’s where “civil forfeiture” comes in. The victim probably had something they wanted to steal.
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Starting with “safe with cash in it”...
They likely didn’t know it was only $3,000.
That’s where “civil forfeiture” comes in. The victim probably had something they wanted to steal.
This is how we deal with that: give it all back, if the original owners are not available, give it to Victims of the Drug War.
Government keeps not a penny.