He must have had something in his hand.
But, as long as all the officers were safe, everything is OK. Right?
I don’t care how much anyone hates drugs, or how much damage they have done, “no knock” warrants and the use of SWAT teams (for ANYTHING other than hostage rescue) have done, and are doing, more damage to the republic.
“Know your target and what’s behind it” doesn’t apply to agents of the State for some reason?
Or is this rule not applicable when throwing a grenade into someone’s house?
If you have children, don’t manufacture or deal drugs out of your home.
If you’re a cop, know where your device is going and if innocents are likely to be nearby.
Does that mean every official connected with this raid has resigned or been fired, with loss of pension and immunity to lawsuit, and that there will be criminal prosecutions?
No, probably not.
This made me so angry, I had to quit reading the Daily Mail. This world is insane anymore. That poor baby. Someone needs to get fired.
This article gives more relevant info:
“A 19-month-old boy was sleeping in a Georgia home with his parents and three older sisters when police entered, looking for a drug suspect. Officers threw a stun grenade into the boy’s crib, critically injuring the toddler, his parents say. The family, visiting from Wisconsin, was not associated with the crime, and the suspect was arrested at a different house.”
“Police were looking for Wanis Thometheva, who sold methamphetamine to an undercover officer Tuesday evening, police said.”
So, once again, police had no actual need to conduct a paramilitary raid, since they could have arrested the guy right when he sold them the drugs, or shortly thereafter. Or, they could have just staked out the house and grabbed him as he was entering/leaving. Of course, then they wouldn’t get to dress up like ninjas and play with their expensive toys. If a few babies get their faces ripped open, that is just the price we have to pay to let cops have their fun.
If you have children, don’t manufacture or deal drugs out of your home.
If you’re a cop, know where your device is going and if innocents are likely to be nearby.
There are no blameless parties here, except the child.
I heard it on the radio this morning. The police promised “they’d do better next time.” No sh!t! They actually said this on the radio. Meanwhile, the toddler whose playpen became a flash/bang target is in the ICU with a 50/50 chance of surviving with half its face torn off.
However, folks, the most important take away from all of this is that this toddler’s parents were drug dealers as reported by a police CI, AND.....get this, AND....all the police swatters went home that night safely. That’s the important thing.
Never mind the fact that the family van was parked outside the house with car seats in it....you can’t expect SWATTERS and CIs to have any situational awareness when it comes to no-knock violent entries......
The article is terribly weak on details.
What ever happened to gathering intelligence? Have we decended to the point that all contacts with the civilian population are now military operations with combat entry / raids now being the norm?
These pigs need to be hanged.
So they’ve moved up from dogs to toddlers...nice...
They got the E-TRade baby!!!
Bastards!!
The WoD delivers. again..
Well just as long as no precious police were hurt, then it’s OK.
Atlanta already had issues with their no knock warrants. Remember the 90 year old woman that got shot when they barged in on her?
Suspect wasn’t there, and family probably had nothing to do with drugs. But, go barging in, blazing away.
Well, heck, the baby made a “furtive move”.
More on the story.
Agents were buying meth at the house but kids were kept out of sight.
Baby was visiting. Placed in portable crib which blocked door.
When agents couldn’t open door (no-knock) they tossed in flash grenade.
He’s in the burn unit. We got to see him and his whole face is ripped open.There are pictures on the Internet. He has burns around his mouth and nose. His whole face isn't ripped open. Hopefully, she's lying about his survival chances, too, and he'll recover.