Victory declared in fight over SWAT team’s destruction of private home

The overall issue of liability for damages to private property when police SWAT teams launch attacks and weapons barrages that destroy homes remains pending at the U.S. Supreme Court.

That’s the Martin v. United States case brought by a family who was refused compensation after a team from the FBI wrongly raided their home and left behind a long list of damages.

But in one similar case there appears to be a resolution for a Texas woman.

It is the Institute for Justice that...