If you can prove under the legal standards in your state that the government officials violated your civil rights in a way recognized by the legal system as being a valid claim, then you sure can. Unfortunately, there is a doctrine called "Governmental Immunity" which protects jackasses who happen to be government employees for being sued for ordinary negligence. To actually get to them, you have to prove that their behavior is so outrageous that it is outside of the protection of gevernmental immunity.
Answered on Oct 16th, 2013 at 11:06 AM