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Child burned by distraction device during raid (Follow up)
www.accessnorthga.com ^ | May 29, 2014 | Rob Moore

Posted on 05/30/2014 5:26:33 AM PDT by armydawg505

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To: Former Proud Canadian

Thinking about your situation, I imagine what someone like Chris Matthews or Melissa HP would say.

You have a lifestyle you like, in a low crime city, and when people move in that would destroy your lifestyle and your safety, when you want to move away, YOU are the bad buy, the “racist”.

Just goes to support my assertion that the left is NOT really about raising up those who live in bad conditions,

but of destroying the good environments of those that live in them.


21 posted on 05/30/2014 5:57:25 AM PDT by MrB (The difference between a Humanist and a Satanist - the latter admits whom he's working for)
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To: armydawg505

The cops should all be in jail


22 posted on 05/30/2014 5:58:28 AM PDT by GeronL (Vote for Conservatives not for Republicans)
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To: MrB
but of destroying the good environments of those that live in them.

Of course the Left live in their nice gated communities.

23 posted on 05/30/2014 5:59:13 AM PDT by dfwgator
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To: driftdiver

Bump


24 posted on 05/30/2014 5:59:35 AM PDT by GeronL (Vote for Conservatives not for Republicans)
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To: driftdiver

how about knocking on the back door and then coming thru the front....That’s distracting isn’t it.


25 posted on 05/30/2014 5:59:49 AM PDT by Yorlik803 ( Church/Caboose in 2016)
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To: Dr. Sivana

Throwing a grenade is so much easier than doing actual police work


26 posted on 05/30/2014 6:00:32 AM PDT by GeronL (Vote for Conservatives not for Republicans)
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To: Georgia Girl 2

Absurd! What kind of evil hearted, no good, person are you?

You would use common sense and deny these poor guys their entertainment!?


27 posted on 05/30/2014 6:03:32 AM PDT by Bulwyf
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To: Georgia Girl 2

Thats the boring way. They wouldn’t get to use all their cool toyz.


28 posted on 05/30/2014 6:04:28 AM PDT by driftdiver (I could eat it raw, but why do that when I have a fire.)
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To: armydawg505

I suppose the only LEGAL recourse is voting this unconstitutional sheriff out of office come next election.Under the ridiculous immunity doctrines ,no law enforcement person ever personally loses money even in the few instances a ruling is in favor of the injured innocent party.


29 posted on 05/30/2014 6:15:40 AM PDT by hoosierham (Freedom isn't free)
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To: armydawg505

They forgot to mention that they likely blew out the poor kid’s ear drums...And maybe ruptured all the blood vessels in his eyes...


30 posted on 05/30/2014 6:29:18 AM PDT by Iscool
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To: dfwgator

Again, leftists are all about elitism, defined as “having a huge difference between their lifestyle and that of the majority of people”. It’s not the “level” of lifestyle that’s important to them, but the DIFFERENCE. They’d rather be at 80 and everyone else at 10 than be at 99 and everyone else at 60.

There’s only so far you can go on the “up” side to increase that difference, so it’s far easier to destroy the lifestyle of the middle class masses.


31 posted on 05/30/2014 6:31:07 AM PDT by MrB (The difference between a Humanist and a Satanist - the latter admits whom he's working for)
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To: GeronL
Throwing a grenade is so much easier than doing actual police work

Plus it's a great adrenaline rush for the cops. They have cool toys and can't wait to use them.

32 posted on 05/30/2014 6:35:04 AM PDT by Right Brother
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To: armydawg505

All those kids in Waco got “burned” by a “distraction device” too. Don’t ya just love all the “1984” style NewSpeak that’s foisted on us my a compliant media?


33 posted on 05/30/2014 7:49:55 AM PDT by fella ("As it was before Noah so shall it be again,")
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To: driftdiver

Just like it working so well when mac daddy has members of his sock puppet administration investigate other members of his sock upper administration.


34 posted on 05/30/2014 8:38:30 AM PDT by chiefqc
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To: armydawg505
These "distraction devices" were once known as flash-bang grenades. A combination of bright flash and concussion is supposed to disorient the person(s) being raided enough to give the raiders the upper hand.

Sanitizing and minimizing the event are only the beginning.

All the signs were there that children might be present, but they went ahead anyway. That's negligent.

35 posted on 05/30/2014 8:43:01 AM PDT by Smokin' Joe (How often God must weep at humans' folly. Stand fast. God knows what He is doing.)
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To: armydawg505

They keep asking themselves “How did this happen?” — because for one thing they did not exercise proper care and due diligence.

From the original story you posted yesterday:

// Thometheva was not at the home at the time of the raid but was later arrested at another house on a felony drug charge of distribution of meth. ...

... Officers had no indication that any children were inside the Lakeview Heights home when they returned around 3 a.m. Wednesday, Terrell said, and approached the same door where drugs had been purchased.

But this time, the device landed in the playpen where a toddler was sleeping. Little Bounkham “Bou Bou” Phonesavanhs and his family, including parents and three older sisters, were all asleep in the room while visiting from Wisconsin. Only the little boy was injured. //

Obviously they had no CLUE what or who was in that house if 1) the person they want isn’t there and 2) a family of 6 (SIX) *is* there that they were unaware of.

Btw, the reason that family (allegedly) was there is that “ The family was only supposed to be in Georgia temporarily after a fire at their Wisconsin home, the Phonesavanhs said.”

THIS IS WRONG.


36 posted on 05/30/2014 8:50:07 AM PDT by cyn (Benghazi)
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To: Smokin' Joe

“Distraction Device” is someone waving a sign and yelling “yoo hoo, look over here!”

I’m sure that cops wouldn’t treat a GRENADE thrown into THEIR homes or police station as they would a “distraction device”.


37 posted on 05/30/2014 8:52:47 AM PDT by MrB (The difference between a Humanist and a Satanist - the latter admits whom he's working for)
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To: Iscool

Well they said they had info from a CI not seeing any children so what’s the problem? So does anyone believe that the CI would lie or even care?

It’s a sad sad case, but the swat team went home safe, they arrested the perp and they are blameless.

How long before the swat teams will be justified to use tanks to blow up houses after having authority from some judge on info from a CI?

How come they were unable to get in before the flash bang was used but were able to get in after it was used?


38 posted on 05/30/2014 8:54:32 AM PDT by chiefqc
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When they set one off inside their body armor, I'll believe it is just a "distraction device".

When these things first came out there were cautions that they could be lethal to an adult at close range.

39 posted on 05/30/2014 8:56:52 AM PDT by Smokin' Joe (How often God must weep at humans' folly. Stand fast. God knows what He is doing.)
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To: armydawg505
"We keep asking ourselves, 'how did this happen?'," Terrell said. "No one can answer that - you can't answer that.

The answer is because we have jack booted thugs inforcing warrants instead of police officers in the normal course of their daily work. SWAT teams are a symptom that the police are at war with the citizens. The poor baby sleeping in his crib was just collateral damage and to be expected.

40 posted on 05/30/2014 9:05:34 AM PDT by suijuris
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