The practice of stealing money from random people who aren't engaged in any illegal activity is actually fairly common among law enforcement already. The ratio

The practice of stealing money from random people who aren't engaged in any illegal activity is actually fairly common among law enforcement already. The rationale given thus far is that "That money was for the purchase of illegal drugs," or if that will not work, they will simply illegally sieze something and refuse to ever schedule a meeting to let the citizen reclaim it, or illegally sieze something and "lose" it. There's no recourse for citizens because asset forfieture, busy schedules, and losing things are legal.