Police raids

[Ken Brown]

Jeremy Barker wrote:

 
> People will say that it will be expensive to do that and I would readily agree.
> However it would be an expense born at relatively little individual expense by the
> wider community through taxation (which is what funds the police) rather than
> funded only by the extremely unfortunate individuals and businesses that get
> caught up in police operations through no fault of their own.


That's the exact correct principle. When we, collectively, seriously
interfere with someone's life through the police or any other agency, 
then we should compensate them.

If, in order to protect out children from sexual abuse, it really is
necessary to confiscate computers from some innocent people, then those
innocent people should be compensated. 

Just as, if it is necessary to put a road or railway over some land, the
previous owners should be compensated.