SWAT flash-bangs toddler in play pen - the "Baby Bou Bou" saga

limequat said:
Turns out it was posted several days ago.
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Shouldn't go anywhere. I pray the child makes a quick and full recovery.

I also pray that the officers involved in this investigation are not over-stressed by this, and it does not cause them to become too distracted.
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There were more comments on the original article. The majority of them were blaming the mother.
 
FreedomFanatic said:
OK, I agree with you on this, but I don't think the average cop realizes that this means war on the citizenry. They think that they are keeping their communities safe. That's not an excuse, but still.
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Circular logic or justification can be applied to every instance of human atrocity throughout time....

Many alive today still justify bombing Hiroshima and Nagasaki, and napalming kids in Nam....

Signing on with a gang to wage war on your neighbors is plain evil no matter how it's twisted......
 
tod evans said:
Circular logic or justification can be applied to every instance of human atrocity throughout time....

Many alive today still justify bombing Hiroshima and Nagasaki, and napalming kids in Nam....

Signing on with a gang to wage war on your neighbors is plain evil no matter how it's twisted......
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Yeah, I'm with you. I really don't get statist thought. I don't see how they justify it.
 
I'm having second thoughts about all this. On the one hand I don't like babies being flash-banged, but on the other hand the drug war is really popular with the base.

Maybe after we win I'll revisit my conscience.
 
tod evans said:
You're the one talking to them........

I don't waste my time...

It's kinda like wrestling with a pig....
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Its not just cops. Its most of America. You do realize that most Americans consider cops to be heroes, right?

I see what you did with that last line. Lol!

Anti Federalist said:
"9/11 changed everything."
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Believe it or not, I don't think I've actually heard this argument in person. Which is strange because I know how common of an argument it is.
bunklocoempire said:
I'm having second thoughts about all this. On the one hand I don't like babies being flash-banged, but on the other hand the drug war is really popular with the base.

Maybe after we win I'll revisit my conscience.
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Are you pretending to be Rand Paul?;)
 
Burned Babies and the Militarization of American Policing (and an update on Bou Bou)

I am in tears of rage and sorrow.

Burned Babies and the Militarization of American Policing
http://reason.com/blog/2014/06/24/burned-babies-and-the-militarization-of

In a Salon essay published today, Alecia Phonesavanh recalls the night her 19-month-old son, Bounkham (a.k.a. Bou Bou), was horribly injured by a flash-bang grenade tossed into his crib during a fruitless drug raid in Habersham County, Georgia. "It's been three weeks since the flashbang exploded next to my sleeping baby," she writes, "and he's still covered in burns. There's still a hole in his chest that exposes his ribs. At least that's what I've been told; I'm afraid to look."
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http://www.salon.com/2014/06/24/a_swat_team_blew_a_hole_in_my_2_year_old_son/

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I heard my baby wailing and asked one of the officers to let me hold him. He screamed at me to sit down and shut up and blocked my view, so I couldn’t see my son. I could see a singed crib. And I could see a pool of blood. The officers yelled at me to calm down and told me my son was fine, that he’d just lost a tooth. It was only hours later when they finally let us drive to the hospital that we found out Bou Bou was in the intensive burn unit and that he’d been placed into a medically induced coma.
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Every morning, I have to face the reality that my son is fighting for his life. It’s not clear whether he’ll live or die. All of this to find a small amount of drugs?

The only silver lining I can possibly see is that my baby Bou Bou’s story might make us angry enough that we stop accepting brutal SWAT raids as a normal way to fight the “war on drugs.” I know that this has happened to other families, here in Georgia and across the country. I know that SWAT teams are breaking into homes in the middle of the night, more often than not just to serve search warrants in drug cases. I know that too many local cops have stockpiled weapons that were made for soldiers to take to war. And as is usually the case with aggressive policing, I know that people of color and poor people are more likely to be targeted. I know these things because of the American Civil Liberties Union’s new report, and because I’m working with them to push for restraints on the use of SWAT.

A few nights ago, my 8-year-old woke up in the middle of the night screaming, “No, don’t kill him! You’re hurting my brother! Don’t kill him.” How can I ever make that go away? I used to tell my kids that if they were ever in trouble, they should go to the police for help. Now my kids don’t want to go to sleep at night because they’re afraid the cops will kill them or their family. It’s time to remind the cops that they should be serving and protecting our neighborhoods, not waging war on the people in them.

I pray every minute that I’ll get to hear my son’s laugh again, that I’ll get to watch him eat French fries or hear him sing his favorite song from “Frozen.” I’d give anything to watch him chase after his sisters again. I want justice for my baby, and that means making sure no other family ever has to feel this horrible pain.

Update: As of the afternoon of 6/24/2014, Baby Bou Bou has been taken out of the medically induced coma and transferred to a new hospital to begin rehabilitation. The hole in his chest has yet to heal, and doctors are still not able to fully assess lasting brain damage.
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"Now my kids don’t want to go to sleep at night because they’re afraid the cops will kill them or their family. It’s time to remind the cops that they should be serving and protecting our neighborhoods, not waging war on the people in them."

"Now my kids don’t want to go to sleep at night because they’re afraid the cops will kill them or their family. It’s time to remind the cops that they should be serving and protecting our neighborhoods, not waging war on the people in them."

"Now my kids don’t want to go to sleep at night because they’re afraid the cops will kill them or their family. It’s time to remind the cops that they should be serving and protecting our neighborhoods, not waging war on the people in them."
 
Anti Federalist said:
"Now my kids don’t want to go to sleep at night because they’re afraid the cops will kill them or their family. It’s time to remind the cops that they should be serving and protecting our neighborhoods, not waging war on the people in them."

"Now my kids don’t want to go to sleep at night because they’re afraid the cops will kill them or their family. It’s time to remind the cops that they should be serving and protecting our neighborhoods, not waging war on the people in them."

"Now my kids don’t want to go to sleep at night because they’re afraid the cops will kill them or their family. It’s time to remind the cops that they should be serving and protecting our neighborhoods, not waging war on the people in them."
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so nice i had to quote it
 
Wow, look at that...buried in replies...

*whistles sarcastically*

Anti Federalist said:
There's a million cops of all varieties, out there, so I'd be happy with just 10 percent knowing about this story and condemning the sheriff's action.

That would be roughly 100,000 cops speaking out against this.

Should be easy enough to find.

Post 'em here.

I'll wait...
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Anti Federalist said:
Wow, look at that...buried in replies...

*whistles sarcastically*
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We should pray for them. The cops. I can't believe how traumatized they may be feeling at this point. The family should be charged for their psychological care and treatment. I can't even imagine what they are going through.
 
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