US courts have given cops immunity for any destruction of property that theycausein the course of their activity.

I agree that the government should compensate those whose property government agentsdestroy except pursuant to a court order to do so.

As I see it, this conclusion does not require calling the damage "taking of property."It's enough that it is damage. If you or I destroyed a house, even if it were in thecourse of some activity that was not wrong in itself, you or I would be liable.So should the city.