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There's more to this incident that just property damage caused by the police insanity. There is psychological damages to Mr. Skinner and, above all, a clear deprivation of Mr. Skinner's Fourth Amendment right to be protected against unwarranted, unconsented, non-exigent government break-ins and trespassing on his private property.

There is a federal civil rights statute which is designed specifically to obtain redress for such federal constitutional violations perpetrated by state or local government officials.

Hopefully, some attorney or law firm will aid Mr. Skinner in filing a federal suit against the perpetrators for all the damages suffered. And yes, violations of constitutional rights can carry a monetary price tag as well as property or physical or emotional damages.

Constitutionalists and libertarians must encourage and aid in any way they can American citizens who suffer abuses of their constitutional rights from government officials at any level - federal, state, county, or municipal - in seeking legal redress for their deprivations. And we must be persistent at it, until courts are more responsive to these cases.