These listed incidents are a gross usurpation of power! I hope the court throws the book and the punitive damages are lucrative.
This is exactly what the LEO community doesn't need. In 25 years of this I never heard this taught or encouraged by any department I came into contact with.
The only time this came into play was with drug sale cases where a buy/bust was used or a search warrant was served at a location.
Any cash found and certainly this occurred, was logged into as evidence and used at trial as proceeds of the illicit sales.
What this article writes about is an illegal "shake down" by thugs with badges.
