[where's_the_Outrage?]

To me this highlights government incompetence and corruption. Why did the victim have to find his tools, WTF is he paying taxes for?

And worse, the police can't figure who did it. They're too busy going after Trump, conservatives, parents, etc. instead of doing what they should be.

[Albion Wilde]

And worse, the police can't figure who did it.

You would think that storage renters would have to show photo ID, and that the storage lot would have cameras all over the place. This is disgusting.

Sounds like the thieves are real good at the crime end of the business, but not so hot on the sales & marketing end.

[zeugma]

While I applaud the ingenuity of the carpenter, he doesn't really understand the purpose of police and he legal system ("justice" has nothing at all to do with it). The primary purpose of the police, first and foremost is to protect their political masters. Secondarily, it is to generate revenue for the government (at whatever level it operates). This is why police spend so much time doing nothing but attempting to raise money from those on the public highways. According to the article, though they have already seized 15,000 tools, no one has even been arrested yet, though the minions of the state "expect charges soon".

So far he's gotten back 6 of the 50 tools he's lost. The rest will be held by the government until whatever trial(s), if any, eventually occur. Then they will be sold at auction.

The carpenter that allowed the governent to confiscate all of this property might be informed of the auction, whenever it is held, though it won't do him any immediate good, because he can't wait for years to buy replacement equipment.

The people who will profit most are, of course, the lawyers and all the associated government drones that will facilitate the trial and everything else. The police who did nothing until he took the bull by the horns and handed them the thieves on a silver platter will continue to collect their salaries during the entire process will likely be the primary beneficiaries of then auction whenever it is finally held

He'll end up poorer because he'll probably end up having to obtain legal counsel during the process to protect himself from any insanity that the legal system may come up with to further victimize him.

Bottom line: the police exist to generate revenue, and the courts exist to make sure the legal profession keeps rolling in the dough.

[zeugma]

WTF is he paying taxes for?

To keep the minions of the state from imprisoning him of he doesn't.