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Re:FBI Child ID App by xg15 on Wednesday July 06, 2022 @06:17PM (#32007547)
> "You'll never get your speakers back, even if we found them we wouldn't call you, they'd probably be in a lot of all kinds of other stolen stuff and it's impossible to sort through and return stolen items."

Wait what? So police simply keeps stolen goods with no option for the original owners to get them back? Because civil asset forfeiture isn't enough I guess?

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Re:FBI Child ID App by MacsHeadroom on Wednesday July 06, 2022 @07:07PM (#32008018)
The police don't keep stollen goods, don't be silly.

They auction them off and use the profits to buy tanks and grenade launchers.

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