A federal jury believed a Black family that said they were traumatized during a Chicago Police Department SWAT team raid on their home in 2018 and awarded them $5.7 million in damages.
On August 9, 2018, nine members of the SWAT team searching for a known gang member, guns and drugs set off flash-bang grenades and used a prybar to break down the front door of the Southside Chicago apartment without knocking, finding Ebony Tate, her four young children and their grandmother, Cynthia Eason inside.
They aimed guns at Tate’s face and repeatedly pointed them at her children, Eason testified during the three-week trial at a federal courthouse in Chicago in February. They also forced Eason, who was undressing to take a bath, outside in just a t-shirt and underwear.
Tate suffered a panic attack and was treated by paramedics while officers searched her home, records show, WTTW reported…