Toni Tate was getting ready for bed in the summer of 2019 when armed Chicago police officers broke down the front door of her South Side apartment and screamed “search warrant!” and “get down on the ground!”
Tate, a nurse, later filed a lawsuit in federal court accusing the officers of searching the wrong home with their weapons drawn, terrorizing family members including her infant daughter. Last year, Chicago city officials agreed to settle the case, paying Tate more than $216,000 and her attorney Al Hofeld Jr. more than $108,000 in legal fees.
