Back in May, we mentioned the Georgia case where cops serving a "no knock" warrant broke into a house and threw a stun grenade into the front room -- and into a playpen where a 19-month-old baby was sleeping. The grenade severely burned the baby, detaching his nose from his face and leaving his mouth disfigured. The incident report from the Habersham Sheriff’s Office said that the SWAT team had been told to expect a whole bunch of weapons and drugs and armed resistance; instead, they found no guns or drugs in the home, just a family that had recently moved from Wisconsin and was all living in one room of a relative's house. The suspect named in the warrant, Wanis Thonetheva, didn't even live at the house the cops burst into; he was a nephew of the residents and "was arrested later that day without incident and charged only with possession of methamphetamine."
Oh god, that poor child. I'm weirdly relieved, though, because the last time I saw any reporting on this story, it wasn't certain that he would survive at all. And his eyesight seems to have been saved too.
Snarkwise, let's see: can we all agree that if the price of making a few more meth arrests is occasionally maiming babies in their own beds, well, that's the price of freedom, right?
I am so sick of the fuckpig police and corrupt legal system that protects them. I'm not saying they are all bad apples, but my faith in the system is severely eroded. I hope President Hillary, President Michelle and President Elizabeth take on the system during their terms and put some effort into righting the very wobbly ship.
This is why America is FUBAR- millions of idjits who are so busy soiling their pants at every imaginary fear that the likes of Faux News has mainlined into their heads that they will tolerate any and every bit of BS from cops and other authorities to assuage those irrational fears. There no longer is a &quot;too far&quot; when it comes to authoritarian overreach, because otherwise the <strike> terrists Muslins gheys libruls Messicans ISIS blah thugs atheists bureaucrats drug addicts feminazis Ebola!! </strike> scary monsters hiding under their beds will surely get them...
Also used to be required that judges actually put some thought into credibility of information before signing off on a warrant. Now it&#039;s just rubber-stamp and go.
An armed society is a <strike>polite society</strike> place where babies periodically get their noses burned off because the police feel the need to militarize to the point of deploying grenades, because guns are ASSUMED TO BE EVERYWHERE.
DA can&#039;t do anything that might make police less reluctant to testify, or suddenly develop an obsession with paperwork technicalities before handing cases off for prosecution. After all, they have an election to win!
Oh god, that poor child. I&#039;m weirdly relieved, though, because the last time I saw any reporting on this story, it wasn&#039;t certain that he would survive at all. And his eyesight seems to have been saved too.
Snarkwise, let&#039;s see: can we all agree that if the price of making a few more meth arrests is occasionally maiming babies in their own beds, well, that&#039;s the price of freedom, right?
Harlem and the Bronx: 15 Rest of Manhattan: 0
Like that, Justice Kennedy?
Let&#039;s retain a little bit of bile for the FUCKING GRAND JURY that decided this was okay shit.
Actually, I think it&#039;s just a son of a peach.
Moved back to Wisconsin and the warm embrace of Gov. Walker, who will probably call the child a thug union organizer.
I am so sick of the fuckpig police and corrupt legal system that protects them. I&#039;m not saying they are all bad apples, but my faith in the system is severely eroded. I hope President Hillary, President Michelle and President Elizabeth take on the system during their terms and put some effort into righting the very wobbly ship.
This is why America is FUBAR- millions of idjits who are so busy soiling their pants at every imaginary fear that the likes of Faux News has mainlined into their heads that they will tolerate any and every bit of BS from cops and other authorities to assuage those irrational fears. There no longer is a &quot;too far&quot; when it comes to authoritarian overreach, because otherwise the <strike> terrists Muslins gheys libruls Messicans ISIS blah thugs atheists bureaucrats drug addicts feminazis Ebola!! </strike> scary monsters hiding under their beds will surely get them...
I&#039;m sure it would have been different if that grenade had burned a fetus...
Also used to be required that judges actually put some thought into credibility of information before signing off on a warrant. Now it&#039;s just rubber-stamp and go.
Jesus! This story is terrible. Nowhere in all the reporting did anyone find out if the stun grenade kept the toddler from going for his guns.
because everyone knows you can totes trust the word of some scumbag you just busted when he offers up another target
An armed society is a <strike>polite society</strike> place where babies periodically get their noses burned off because the police feel the need to militarize to the point of deploying grenades, because guns are ASSUMED TO BE EVERYWHERE.
If the poor kid had only been a zygote, then there would&#039;ve been hell to pay.
DA can&#039;t do anything that might make police less reluctant to testify, or suddenly develop an obsession with paperwork technicalities before handing cases off for prosecution. After all, they have an election to win!