It is an example of the intersection of legislative overreach and law enforcement working hard to crawl up its own ass while turning a profit. This is just power mad assholes feeding their decaying empires. However wrong it is that someone lost a vintage 'vette, I don't care so much about the folks losing their 60+ year old classic car worth $50,000. I care mostly about folks like single moms losing $500 beaters that can cost them jobs, homes and child custody. These officers and the lawmakers that give them such power are absolutely the vectors for disease eating our society similar to flesh eating bacteria.
Events like these inspire despair, anger, hopelessness and fear. Absolutely nothing good comes from this. Well maybe cops get new cars and more bullets. 
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