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[-] jaybone@lemmy.zip 13 points 1 day ago

Do they return the device afterwards like “oh well, here ya go then” durp durp. Or do they keep it “for evidence” out of spite?

[-] modus@lemmy.world 3 points 1 day ago

I once met a guy who robbed a bank with a fake gun. (There was once an article somewhere but this was maybe 12 years ago.) He did some time in prison and he said they gave him the fake gun back afterwards.

[-] sukhmel@programming.dev 3 points 1 day ago

Did they say «see you later»?

Why would they give you your shit back? They're cops, not humans.

[-] dejected_warp_core@lemmy.world 6 points 1 day ago
[-] sukhmel@programming.dev 23 points 1 day ago

To get back the seized property, owners must prove it was not involved in criminal activity.

Well, that just sounds amazing and not at all exploitable

Seems a bit opposite of the whole "innocent until proven guilty" thing

[-] Madison420@lemmy.world 6 points 1 day ago

Seized property under rico works the exact opposite, you have to prove your property innocent.

[-] ikidd@lemmy.world 1 points 1 day ago

They beat you to death with the phone and then rape your wife with it.

[-] IhaveCrabs111@lemmy.world 2 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago)

Stop calling them authoritarian

this post was submitted on 04 Feb 2026
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