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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
National
Sudhin Thanawala

Appeals court says Atlanta family cannot take the government to trial for a mistaken FBI raid

FBI Raid Wrong House - (Copyright 2025 The Associated Press. All rights reserved.)

An Atlanta family cannot take the federal government to trial for a mistaken FBI raid on their home in 2017, but they can seek to hold the agent who led the SWAT team liable, a federal appeals court ruled Wednesday.

FBI agents broke down the front door of Trina Martin’s Atlanta home before dawn on Oct. 18, 2017, stormed into her bedroom and pointed guns at her and her then-boyfriend as her 7-year-old son screamed for his mom from another room.

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