"If the property in question could otherwise be removed, destroyed, or concealed before a hearing, however, police can seize it without these steps." This is up to their discretion, right? I can see a lot of corruption happening because of how they read this.
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"Justice Sotomayor, joined by Justices Kagan and Jackson, criticized the perverse incentives for officers to hold on to seized property." Even they see that it is wrong for the government to seize property like this.
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