An Indiana woman whose home sustained severe damage during a police raid set in motion by a faulty investigation is not legally entitled to compensation, a federal court ruled this week, in yet another case that asked what innocent people are owed when the government destroys their property in pursuit of public safety.
In June 2022, a group of law enforcement officers arrived at Amy Hadley's South Bend home, where they launched 30 tear gas canisters, smashed windows, ransacked furniture, destroyed security cameras, ripped down a panel and a fan, and punched holes in the walls. They were searching for a suspect, John Parnell Thomas, who they believed, based on his IP address, had accessed the internet from Hadley house. They would not find him, however, because he had never been there.
