Most of my life I’ve had a somewhat smug attitude whenever I observed the over the top in your face corruption by police and officials in places like Africa and Latin America. That ended with the Clinton administration. Nowadays, I just burn with embarrassment.
Maybe some of them have convinced themselves that they are just following the law, but they do know that they benefit personally from confiscated property. The victim of this theft can be proven not guilty of any crime and still not get their property back.