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Does a citizen have any legal recourse or entitled to compensation if a citizen's house was raided multiple times on false pretenses or a fabricated warrant by

Does a citizen have any legal recourse or entitled to compensation if a citizen's house was raided multiple times on false pretenses or a fabricated warrant by these fine upstanding officers (The ones being indicted)? I'm asking for a friend.. :-/

devmunchies 9y ago
Tell your friend to ask a lawyer and not a web forum.
- millzlane 9y ago
  Surely there could be a laywer on the vast world wide web.
  - ams6110 9y ago
    Not one you'd want to take advice from.
  - tjalfi 9y ago
    Why would he or she want to expose themselves to liability for someone who isn't a client?
joe_the_user 9y ago
Ianal and couldn't answer any particular in your case. I do have a lawyer friend who makes a regular income suiting the Oakland police department. The broader issue is naturally the police have a lot of leverage on your average court system, police are often not liable for even the most egregious mistake, only actual malice is required and occasionally then legal contortions can justify various behaviors and so-forth. But even more, if someone wins a suit against the police of town X, town X pays the fine and that money comes out of money for parks and libraries of town X, not say, from the pay of cops of town X, who can thus merrily ignore even a successful suit.
- millzlane 9y ago
  I'm hoping to discover a pattern of this behavior. I've seen more than 4 warrants all listing the same untrue facts that led to a judge signing off on the warrant. No proof just hearsay. I will consult with a lawyer. But this came up and I've known this place to harbor people smarter than I, so I figured I'd ask..