Two Alabama women spent more than a year trying to reclaim vehicles they owned, which the police had confiscated after arresting their drivers on drug charges.
Even if they had been the ones to break the law, the police should not be able to take anything, let alone without any due process, in the first place unless it’s specifically to be temporarily held as evidence of a crime.
I know exactly how much: not one whit. The cops stole legal property from people who themselves hadn’t broken the law.
If someone committed perjury while astride my bicycle, I’d still ask for my bike back after cops finished questioning it.
Even if they had been the ones to break the law, the police should not be able to take anything, let alone without any due process, in the first place unless it’s specifically to be temporarily held as evidence of a crime.