Terebesi v. Torreso

SACK, Circuit Judge:

This case arises out of a botched SWAT 1-style raid in Easton, Connecticut, in 2008. The police obtained a warrant to search the home of the plaintiff, Ronald Terebesi, for a small amount of crack co*222caine and drug paraphernalia. To execute the search, police planned to smash Tere-besi’s windows, detonate at least three stun grenades (or “flashbangs”) inside the home, break down the front door with a battering ram, and storm the house with weapons drawn. In the chaos that accompanied the implementation of this plan, the officers fatally shot Gonzalo Guizan, Tere-besi’s…