A family cannot sue Camden, N.J., over a SWAT team that allegedly threatened to kill children at gunpoint while searching their home for hours, a federal judge ruled.

In a 2012 complaint, Ella Baker describes how two police officers showed up at her home shortly before 11 p.m. on Nov. 5, 2010.

The officers were searching for Anthony Fontanez, whom Baker’s daughter Tawana had dated and who was the father of her children.

According to the complaint, police told Baker Fontanez had warrants for aggravated assault, attempted murder, kidnapping, robbery, and possession of weapons, and was a prime suspect in an incident in which a house was shot into with high-powered rifle.

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