Supreme Court Denies Fight Over Home Cops Damaged (Correct)

The US Supreme Court on Monday declined to hear a woman’s fight to be compensated after police destroyed her home while trying to capture a fugitive who had barricaded himself inside with a 15-year-old hostage.

In an order, the justices declined to consider if the City of McKinney, Texas, has to pay Vicki Baker nearly $60,000 for damaging the home she was getting ready to sell under the Fifth Amendment’s Takings Clause. Baker said a police department SWAT team took down her garage door with explosives, broke windows, and launched tear gas grenades inside to force out her former handyman ...