[sinjefe]

Originally Posted by mojaveman

I think there are many variables involved here.

What if a convicted felon with multiple priors gets paroled from prison and eight months later he's back in his hood slinging crack and making tons of money. The narcotics officers are doing surveillance on him, have proof he's been dealing, grab him when he's driving a brand new Cadillac, wearing ten ounces of gold and has 20K worth of rock cocaine & cash in a leather bag under his seat. They then seize his property, auction it off and buy some new equipment for the department.

I don't have a problem with that.

The entire episode you described would only be known because the police tell us it occurred that way. Police charges do not equal due process. That is a lot of faith to be put into humans who may be under pressure to seize stuff.

Me personally? I don't believe everything I am told by the police.