They destroyed priceless ivory carvings the other day, why not expensive wine!
Priorities. I’m guessing the guy didn’t have a dog for them to shoot either, so now they’re just pissed and want to dump it all.
The article appears to be shilling for a lawyer.
At an average of about $50 per bottle, we’re not talking a significant loss to the world of culture, we’re talking mass-market 2-year-old California wines. We’re also talking a lawyer who thought he could run the equivalent of an unlicensed and illegal liquor store.
Granted, I don’t agree with the laws in question, but come the hell on people, we’re not going to be holding police auctions for mass-produced 2 year old California wine. The time and costs incurred by a department trying to sell what is effectively normal store goods, coupled with the likely lower prices they could expect from the type of parties that frequent police and sheriff’s auctions, means that it’s just not going to be cost effective to try to sell.
If the lawyer disagreed with the areas liquor laws, a voter initiative or an advocacy campaign would have been sufficient to open up the local markets. However, the lawyer in question appears to have realized that he could have personally benefited more from keeping it illegal and enjoying a captive market among his connected friends and coworkers.