"If actual damages by law enforcement were punished by actual jail time, maybe there wouldn't be as high a civil reward given later." You, Sir, have posted a reasoned response. Jail-time for the guilty is far more effective than TAXPAYER-funded windfalls, while those responsible are not harmed in any way.
As you can see from the Rambo-style posts, some think it's an everyday event that these "assaults in one's own home" are happening, and that overboard rewards to lawyers is the answer (funded, again, by the taxpayer, while the guilty parties are not harmed or penalized in any way).
I believe that both the taxpayers and the LEOs in question should be made to pay damages. The taxpayers are responsible for the behavior of their employees. The employees themselves are responsible for their own behavior.
Nail them both.