The mayor of Elyria has ordered a probe after the woman who lives at the home accused police of raiding the wrong house, an incident that she said left her baby with severe burns.
The mayor of Elyria, Ohio, has ordered an investigation after a woman alleged that police officers who raided her home had the wrong address and deployed flash-bang devices that sent her 1-year-old to the hospital with burns.
Police have offered a conflicting account of what happened Jan. 10, saying in a statement Friday that they had executed a search warrant at the correct address and the child did not “sustain any apparent, visible injuries.”
Courtney Price says audio from her Ring camera proves them wrong. In a clip shared exclusively with NBC News on Tuesday, someone can be heard saying “it’s the wrong house.” It is not clear who made the remark because the camera fell to the ground and went dark after police deployed the flash-bang devices.
Cops showing up at the wrong house and throwing a flash bang at a baby is entirely on brand and raises no new questions.
I wonder if we are going to find out about “baby had limited value” jokes.
https://www.motherjones.com/criminal-justice/2022/07/brett-rosenau-police-swat-raid-flashbang-granade/
July 2022
https://www.salon.com/2014/06/24/a_swat_team_blew_a_hole_in_my_2_year_old_son/
2014
I clicked the last story and it made truly me sick to my stomach. I had to skip through the details halfway. I’m angry and sad, and I am once again confirmed in my belief that I will never, ever want to live in the US. There are so many of these stories, and for so long now, and yet nothing has changed. The country is morally bankrupt.
There are definitely some Americans that would rather live in a first world country but it’s not as easy as just pickup and leave.
Right, “Bou Bou”? Those people are monsters.
For anyone wondering about the 2014 case, the family sued for civil rights violations. It ended up getting settled for $3.614 million.
The agent that made the search warrant falsified it and was indicted by a grand jury, but acquitted by a criminal one