Originally Posted by
peachfront
If my items are so dangerous that they must be confiscated, they should be logged as evidence and then destroyed safely as hazardous waste at such time they are no longer needed as evidence. If you want to donate to charity, please do so with funds and property from your own pocket. I will choose to donate to the charities of my own choosing, and I will almost certainly donate something useful to the homeless (cash) rather than something useless (SK-II skin care products).
Exactly. This is theft by government edict. If the government confiscates personal property and distributes it elsewhere, depriving the owner of due process, that is a crime.
Oh, I forgot - due process went out the window on 9/11.