I think he is talking about the case where police confiscated entire charitable collection ($30k I think) of a band who were carrying it in their band-wagon. They did gave it back after the public outcry.
Why is his statement so ungrammatical?
I think these people get only few seconds to make their point. They have to make it quickly while using all the right buzzwords to hit the note. Also it is a good idea to keep it low on details because they the opponents focus on the details he got wrong while conveniently avoiding the larger important point.