Wednesday, June 4, 2014

Officers Burn Infant, Place Infant In Coma, By Using A Flash Grenade In The Exercise Of A Warrant Following A Hand-To-Hand Sale




Habersham County, Georgia, Officers witnessed a hand-to-hand drug sale outside of a home, obtained a no-knock warrant, and entered the home.  Prior to entering, the officers tossed in a flash-grenade, used to disorient targets.  The grenade landed in a child’s crib, detonated, and burned the infant’s face and caused a deep chest wound.  The infant is now in a medically-induced coma, and may never wake.

The officers apparently missed the signs that children were present, including toys, stickers, and a minivan parked before the home with four child seats.  None of the child’s immediate family members are implicated in the drug sale or other charges.  And the warrant was based on an informant’s representation that the person who sold the drugs was armed, but was also outside, and never entered the home.

In summary, a hand-to-hand meth sale of someone associated with a residence was witnessed.  So officers used military-grade flash blombs to arrest the dealer and search for drugs and weapons.  And never considered whether there were children in the house, and now an infant is maimed and may die.

To shift burden from the officers, the subject, arrested the next day with drugs, but no guns, will be charged with the injuries to the child.

The full article is here http://nypost.com/2014/06/03/a-drug-war-horror-raid-puts-toddler-in-coma/.  In essence, a police chief’s belief that drug sales are bad is being used to justify an officer’s maiming and potentially killing of an innocent child.

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