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It doesn’t take a lot of deliberation to realize the obvious reason, which is that this is a very clear 4th amendment violation which can then serve as suitable

• AnthonyMouse 3y ago
  There's another obvious reason, which is that rich people have resources. When cops steal from ordinary people, they rarely have the resources to fight it even if they hadn't just been robbed. So then the case never makes it to an appeals court for the media to cover it. Or it does make it to court, because they're not actually poor, they're actually drug dealers with money to hire lawyers, but the courts are vaguely aware of this and then side with the police even if what the police did was entirely scandalous and unjust, because the victims are drug dealers. Which is how we get many terrible precedents. So it's a rare opportunity when the police target some Beverly Hills high society chaps because it makes the people who would rather burn the constitution than let a drug dealer keep their money turn around and ask what stops this from being used against someone like themselves. And when they realize the answer is nothing, that's when you can often get a good precedent set.