I didn’t downvote you, but I think you were downvoted because the post you were replying to was asking a legal/ethical question about whether it’s acceptable to accidentally destroy evidence in general, and you gave an unsupported answer and then veered off into a discussion of whether the law is applied to all people fairly.
In my view the question of whether the law is unbiased and “fair” is more important to resolve than whether accidentally erasing a phone seized by law enforcement counts as spoiling evidence.
There’s no point arguing that storing a vat of milk in the sun counts as the law enforcement impounding incorrectly or the suspect deliberately arranging evidence to destroy itself, when the crux of the matter is that the defendant is a black woman in Alabama so has no chance of a fair trial regardless how airtight the case might seem.
Theoretically no. In practice it's murkier.
If you're a cop? Definitely not acceptable on paper but you'll get a slap on the wrist at best.
If you're OJ Simpson and can afford a good lawyer? You will probably be found not-guilty.
Peasants like you or I? They'll throw the book and something will stick.
Edit: Am I being down-voted for being blunt or because reality makes people uncomfortable?