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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
National
Sudhin Thanawala and Lindsay Whitehurst

The FBI mistakenly raided their Atlanta home. Now the Supreme Court will hear their lawsuit

Before dawn on Oct. 18, 2017, FBI agents broke down the front door of Trina Martin's Atlanta home, 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.

Martin, blocked from comforting her son, cowered in disbelief for what she said felt like an eternity. But within minutes, the ordeal was over. The agents realized they had the wrong house.

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