re: #150 Obdicut

In this case, I have to plead “I am not a lawyer”. There probably are such laws, but the cops will testify the objects were broken in the course of the search, not in excessive retaliatory stupidity, so it’s he-said/she-said between the cops and ordinary citizens, often ordinary citizens with rap sheets.

But it’s not a he-said/she-said if the nature of the destruction does not fit the search goal.

The only he-said/she-said is whether the things were destroyed in such a way indeed (and in case of urination DNA analysis should be able to verify or debunk the claim), and that’s certainly a sticky point, but assuming both sides agree that the things were destroyed by the police in such a way, an impartial judge can certainly see beyond the he-said/she-said defense - that is, unless the police can offer good explanations for each and every particular act.