"Tough Shit" for Innocent Raid Victims

Originally Posted by Arainach

If the warrant is valid, how is it the fault of the police? Go after the judge that issued the warrant if anything.

I was under the impression that the cops had to provide evidence to justify a warrant before the judge issued one.

It's not the judge's job to do all the leg work, is it? I thought that was the cops' job.

Jam it back in, in the dark.

Originally Posted by Bradylama

Scratch all of that, we're losing sight of what this case was actually about, which is that the police conducted the search wrongly and that the victims are entitled to compensation. Both sides went into the case under the assumption that the warrant was proper.

I may be a complete fool, but since when are the authorities obligated to pay any compensation for wrongful actions on their behalf?

People have been locked up for years and years while being innocent of a crime they were convicted of. After being determined as innocent, they were set free, with no compensation (that I read about) for the years of life the authorities claimed from them.

Why would the authorities be obligated to pay compensation over a much smaller issue?

Besides, I thought that the police are "immune" to having to pay damages or whatever in cases like these. I could be wrong, since, you know, I'm not an expert.

There's nowhere I can't reach.