On an early morning in 2017, Trina Martin was shocked by a pyrotechnic exhibit she compares to the Fourth of July. Except it was October, and it was inside her home in Georgia.
The FBI detonated a flash-bang in the house and ripped the door from its hinges to arrest Joseph Riley, a man who lived in a different house approximately one block over. The agents would not realize their mistake until after they stormed into Martin's bedroom, handcuffing her then-fiancé, Toi Cliatt, at gunpoint.
In January, the Supreme Court announced it will evaluate whether a federal court ruled correctly when it barred Martin from suing over that nightmare scenario, in the case Martin vs. United States.
