No Charges for Cops Who Disfigured Toddler with Grenade During Negligent Drug Raid
http://thefreethoughtproject.com/charges-cops-disfigured-toddler-grenade-negligent-drug-raid/
From the article:
The raid was then justified by the Habersham County police despite Wanis Thonetheva, the man they were looking for, who didn’t even live at the house, not being there and no drugs or weapons being found.
Habersham county actually started up a Facebook support page after this brutal display which featured repulsive comments from apologists, claiming that it was the parent’s fault their child was blown up by police because they were staying with “drug addicts.”
Instead, they defended their negligence by stating that they couldn’t have done a thorough investigation prior to the raid because it “would have risked revealing that the officers were watching the house.”
In the 16 page report presented by the grand jury on their findings, they found that “the drug investigation that led to these events was hurried, sloppy, and unfortunately not in accordance with the best practices and procedures” and that “the zeal to hold them [drug dealers] accountable must not override cautious and patient judgement.” Yet there is still, no crime.
How can their be no crime in breaking into a house and throwing a grenade into the crib of a toddler and blowing his face off? Oh wait, “Because Muh Drug War”!
If this was happening in China, North Korea or some other third world country… As a society… we would be incensed over the HUMAN RIGHTS VIOLATIONS… But since this involves the war on drugs… there appears to be NO HUMAN RIGHTS for US citizens… and no consequences for law enforcement actions.. no matter how or who suffers from their hurried, sloppy investigation !
Filed under: General Problems
Yes, if this had happened in another country, it would be classified as a human rights violation. But, since it is the US(which never does anything wrong), it is classified as a mistake. It seems clear from this incident that the people involved had no concern for human life. They were just ‘doing their job’.