US EditionSupreme Court hears arguments on case about FBI raid on wrong Georgia home
- The Supreme Court is reviewing a case involving an accidental FBI raid on the home of Toi Cliatt and Trina Martin, which traumatized their family on October 18, 2017.
- The couple has filed a lawsuit against the FBI agents for false imprisonment and other claims under the Federal Tort Claims Act.
- Justice Neil Gorsuch expressed skepticism about protecting the government from liability in such a serious mistake, questioning the lack of explicit policies against such actions.
- Cliatt and Martin's lawyers argue that the agents' actions represent negligence that should not be protected by exceptions to liability.
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Zero HedgeSupreme Court Weighs Case About Mistaken FBI Raid
The Supreme Court heard oral arguments on April 29 over whether the FBI should be protected from a civil suit over its mistaken raiding of a Georgia couple’s home in 2017. In the early morning hours of Oct. 18, 2017, FBI Special Agent Lawrence Guerra mistakenly believed he had arrived at a gang member’s home to execute a search warrant. Instead, he smashed through the door of a different home—that of Hilliard Toi Cliatt and his partner, Curtrina…
FBI Raided The Wrong Atlanta Home And Now Messed Around and Found out
Trina Martin, her son Gabe, and ex-partner Toi Cliatt were the victims of an FBI raid in the predawn hours of October 2017. As they slept, FBI agents burst through the front door of their home and let off a flash grenade. A terrified Martin pleaded to get her son but was told to “shut up,” according to USA Today.…Read more...
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