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

[FindLiberty]

Yea, but that gold can also be purchased ASAP right afterwards (with frn's), so that does not need to be a sticking point if they settle with a lump sum payment.

I'm thinkin' they should settle the case at around mid nine figures, maybe $250,000,000 for the family after legal fees. The poor kid might be facing a pretty tough life with those injuries and the family should also retain exclusive book and movie rights to the entire incident.

EVERYONE involved needs emotional counseling, and the baby needs the best medical care possible. What a horrible tragedy.

"Can we please stop this insane war on drugs?"

 

[Mani]

Heart warming to see this little guy running around. Wow. I didn't think he was going to make it when I initially saw the story.

Looks like they have 500K in medical bills already, plus could be more in the future.

Good to see he's back with his grandmother in WI, and out of GA.

I have my doubts they will get justice, but happy their son is doing so much better. I wish this would be a catalyst to wake people up and demand get rid of SWAT teams...but that's probably a pipe dream.

Every single day, don't we get a horrible tragedy over the stupid and pointless war on drugs?



http://www.620wtmj.com/news/local/B...rgia-returns-home-to-Wisconsin-266514731.html

 

[Anti Federalist]

My eyes ache from reading those tens of thousands of letters of disapproval from the ten percent of "good cops"...

 

[aGameOfThrones]

My eyes ache from reading those tens of thousands of letters of disapproval from the ten percent of "good cops"...

Ten?

 

[Anti Federalist]

Ten?

Well, I had reckoned it thusly:

There are about a million cops out there, of all stripes, Feds, state, county, local...so I always being told how negative I am, how not all cops are bad, that all these killings, beatings, shootings, taserings, puppycides and so on are just the work of a "few bad apples".

So, OK, this case, if there ever was one, clearly illustrates abuse of power, lack of training and official hubris.

Therefore, there should be at least 100,000 statements of disapproval in the cop community over this, if just ten percent are "good cops".

So far, crickets...

 

[Mani]

side Note...

Baby Bou Bou's dad was a laotian refugee. Escaped a war in his home country, probably never imagined soldiers, grenades going off in his new FREE country.

http://thelaotiancommotion.com/category/lao-culture/

 

[Mani]

Well, I had reckoned it thusly:

There are about a million cops out there, of all stripes, Feds, state, county, local...so I always being told how negative I am, how not all cops are bad, that all these killings, beatings, shootings, taserings, puppycides and so on are just the work of a "few bad apples".

So, OK, this case, if there ever was one, clearly illustrates abuse of power, lack of training and official hubris.

Therefore, there should be at least 100,000 statements of disapproval in the cop community over this, if just ten percent are "good cops".

So far, crickets...

Either my google skills have regressed...Or there's not a cop publicly condemning that SWAT team...Couldn't find it...

 

[Anti Federalist]

UPDATE:

County to Baby Bou Bou - Fuck You, move along!


County will not pay medical bills for toddler hurt in Habersham raid

http://m.wsbtv.com/news/news/local/lawyer-county-refuses-pay-medical-bills-toddler-hu/ng3s9/

15 August 2014

HABERSHAM COUNTY, Ga. —

Habersham County officials say they do not plan to pay for the medical expenses of a toddler seriously injured during a police raid.

Bounkham Phonesavah, affectionately known as "Baby Boo Boo," spent weeks in a burn unit after a SWAT team's flash grenade exploded near his face. The toddler was just 19-months-old and asleep in the early morning hours of May 28. SWAT officers threw the device into his home while executing a search warrant for a drug suspect.

Habersham County officials are defending their decision not to pay, but the child's family isn't giving up.

After weeks of recovery at two different hospitals, Channel 2 Action News was there in July as the little boy walked out of a hospital with his family.

He is doing better, but late Friday afternoon, his family's attorney told said the family’s medical bills are mounting.

“But at this point, the county is refusing to pay,” said attorney Muwali Davis.

Habersham County’s attorney provided the following statement, saying: "The question before the board was whether it is legally permitted to pay these expenses. After consideration of this question following advice of counsel, the board of commissioners has concluded that it would be in violation of the law for it to do so."

The attorney for Boo Boo’s family insists that is not good enough.

The Phonesavahs' attorney also says an independent investigation showed authorities used faulty information to get a search warrant.

In June, Habersham County's sheriff said a confidential informant told them he had bought drugs at the home. But they didn't think any children lived there.

The SWAT team did not find the person it was looking for in the home. An investigation is underway into the handling of the case. Meanwhile, Boo Boo and his family have moved back to Wisconsin. Supporters are planning a fundraiser for him in August.

 

[limequat]

Do we have the name of the prosecutor in this case?

 

[Christian Liberty]

FYI I know several police on this forum. Just sayin

Wait, several cops post here?

 

[SeanTX]

The parents did this to Baby Bou Bou. Shouldn't be hanging out with relatives who are druggies.

Kind of like what that SWAT cop said to the Columbia, MO pothead who was crying over his kenneled dog being shot -- "this is what happens when the cops have to come to your house."

Justified.

 

[HOLLYWOOD]

They (the statist tyrants) are not paying the bills, because it would be an admission to guilt.

I hope every special interest group helps in sung the shit out of the police force, the city, the county... then after they're done with the criminal suits, Civil suits against that jackass sheriff Joey Terrell, the Judge that signed the "No Knock Flash Bang Innocent People" warrant, et al... in which NOTHING was found in the house, no guns, no drugs, no suspects... total failure, with the exception of total terrorism.

While County Sheriff Joey Terrell has claimed that police “didn’t see anything to indicate that there was a child in the house,” mother Alecia Phonesavanh told ABC otherwise in an interview: “My son’s old playpen was right outside the house..."

 

[DamianTV]

County Officials Refuse to Pay Medical Bills for Toddler Baby SWAT Grenade

http://rt.com/usa/181100-baby-swat-grenade-medical/

Published time: August 18, 2014 15:33

Officials in Georgia’s Habersham County are refusing to pay for the mounting medical expenses of a toddler seriously injured by a flash grenade after a failed SWAT team raid earlier this year.

Bounkham 'Bou Bou' Phonesavanh was just 19 months old when a Habersham SWAT team initiated a no-knock warrant at his family’s home at around 3 a.m. on May 28. Bou Bou was asleep in his crib at the time, surrounded by his family and three sisters. The toddler was severely injured when SWAT team officers broke through the house’s door and threw a flashbang grenade that ultimately landed in the Bou Bou’s crib.

When the stun grenade went off, it caused severe burns on the child and opened a gash in his chest. As a result, Bou Bou lost the ability to breathe on his own and was left in a medically induced coma for days after the incident. His extensive recovery necessitated stays in two hospitals before he finally went home in July.

Now, Habersham County officials are sticking by their decision to ignore the family’s plight, the family’s attorney, Muwali Davis, told WSB-TV.

Habersham County’s attorney responded with a statement saying that the Board of County Commissioners will not pay given it is supposedly illegal to do so.

"The question before the board was whether it is legally permitted to pay these expenses. After consideration of this question following advice of counsel, the board of commissioners has concluded that it would be in violation of the law for it to do so."

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Why am I NOT suprised? "We're not responsible for any Collateral Damage."

 

[JK/SEA]

with impunity...

too bad the low life average citizen doesn't get the same advantage..........................yet.

 

[limequat]

Where are the peaceful protests in GA?

 

[kahless]

For Christians this is evil disguised in a false veil of Christian authority (see the other thread where the chief claims he is doing "Gods work"). The people ignore the clear reality of satan working within our society since he has cloaked himself with these false godly authority figures.

 

[Mani]

No big deal...Because I'm sure all the officers involved put together a fund drive on their own and out of their pocket they made a donation to help the child who's face they blew up on accident...

Right? Right?

 

[Lucille]

Where are the peaceful protests in GA?

Right?! There were two, IIRC, and they were both very small.

http://reason.com/blog/2014/08/19/georgia-county-wont-pay-medical-bills-fo

The story didn't elicit national outrage, and a friend of the family raised just $38,000 in two months to cover Boumkham's medical bills. They're going to need more than that, as the county government has ruled it would be a "violation of the law" for it to pick up the medical costs their officers created the necessity for.

WSB-TV reports:

Habersham County's attorney provided the following statement, saying: "The question before the board was whether it is legally permitted to pay these expenses. After consideration of this question following advice of counsel, the board of commissioners has concluded that it would be in violation of the law for it to do so."

The attorney for Boo Boo's family insists that is not good enough.

Those not discussing serious changes in the laws that protect cops and create situations like this, where a government can say it's against the law for it to pay the medical expenses created by its officers violent actions, ought to be ignored as the noise over the Michael Brown shooting continues. Police violence is not just a problem in Ferguson, not just a problem during protests, not just a problem for young black men, but a problem with the laws cops enforce, the tools they're given to do so, the erosion of our rights in the name of public safety, and the protections cops enjoy when they're wrong.

 

[jbauer]

Now why is it that if I were to cause a "claim" against me professionally or personally that I'd have to pay the expenses for something like this?

 

[RonPaulMall]

Now why is it that if I were to cause a "claim" against me professionally or personally that I'd have to pay the expenses for something like this?

You would have to pay if you were sued and the other side won a judgement. You could also just voluntarily pay the expenses before you are sued because it is the right thing to do. It may well be that the law prevents the county from just handing out money like that though, and for very good reasons. It could be that the only way can pay these particular expenses is via a settlement that requires first a lawsuit and second the approval of the county attorney (which again, would be based on the sound principle that you don't want to give the county commissioners the ability to hand out money willy nilly because though it might be right in this case, if you give them that power they will abuse it). So I'd like to know more about the process before criticizing this particular action. The throwing the grenade in the first place, and the policy which sends SWAT teams on such frequent military style raids in the first place I can criticize now though.