Body cavity searches on the side of the road, SWAT raids, dog killings, asset seizure etc. are all about the War on Drugs. If you support it you own it.
This was an abuse of authority, they had no evidence to support anything they did. Period.
You’re going to find that a lot of these drug war fans won’t give it up because they are biologically incapable of minding their own business, are lazy parents who want to free-range their kids so they don’t have to spend more time with them, or some combination of both.