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Garion_55

(1,915 posts)
Thu May 21, 2015, 07:30 PM May 2015

Sheriff’s Office Claims Infant at Fault for SWAT Team Blowing His Face Apart with Grenade [View all]

Habersham County Sheriff, Joey Terrell, has allegedly given the most asinine defense about why a SWAT team blew a babies face off. The defense was allegedly used in a federal lawsuit on behalf of an infant hit with a grenade by SWAT during a botched raid in May of last year.


"The act of sleeping in a room about to be breached by a SWAT team constituted “criminal” conduct on the part of the infant. At the very least, the infant was fully liable for the nearly fatal injuries inflicted on him when Habersham County Sheriff’s Deputy Charles Long blindly heaved a flash-bang grenade – a “destructive device,” as described by the ATF, that when detonated burns at 2,000-3,500 degrees Fahrenheit – into the crib.




Merely by being in that room, Bou-Bou had assumed the risk of coming under attack by a SWAT team. By impeding the trajectory of that grenade, rather than fleeing from his crib, Bou-Bou failed to “avoid the consequences” of that attack.

In any case, Bou-Bou, along with his parents and his siblings, are fully and exclusively to blame for the injuries that nearly killed the child and left the family with more than one million dollars in medical bills. The SWAT team that invaded the home in Cornelia, Georgia on the basis of a bogus anonymous tip that a $50 drug transaction had occurred there is legally blameless.”




absolutely disgusting

http://thefreethoughtproject.com/infant-responsible-grenade-thrown-face/#pecZPzBq6bydkUIp.99

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absolutely disgusting Vincardog May 2015 #1
blaming the victim. isnt that what rapists do? Garion_55 May 2015 #7
Rapists and FASCISTS Vincardog May 2015 #13
+1! Enthusiast May 2015 #43
Murderers lark May 2015 #44
More like... ybbor May 2015 #26
most asinine defense I ever heard... chillfactor May 2015 #2
For clarity, those quotes come from a blogger, not the asshole sherrif arcane1 May 2015 #3
Right, those are quotes from the blogger not the actual defense. dgauss May 2015 #22
Thanks! They lost me at the upteenth "deny" and I didn't make it that far. arcane1 May 2015 #23
Kind of like... dgauss May 2015 #55
Not the Onion, then? bravenak May 2015 #4
It's Georgia Rolando May 2015 #5
Could be anywhere n2doc May 2015 #6
Pacific Gas and Electric sued the citizens of Burlingame Calif. truedelphi May 2015 #8
Jayzus H. Baldheaded Keerist. hifiguy May 2015 #9
Utter insanity. Disgraceful. AtomicKitten May 2015 #10
This is the price the parents are paying for being poor non-caucasians. lpbk2713 May 2015 #11
Just when I think I`ve heard it all...... democrank May 2015 #12
The only thing an infant can POSSIBLY be liable for is... MarianJack May 2015 #14
Meet Baby Bou Bou... WillyT May 2015 #15
I am not a violent man... Joe the Revelator May 2015 #27
Um... It... Invites A Lot Of Questions On How We Deal With... The Authorities... WillyT May 2015 #28
Seriously,thanks for sharing that link. That hit home. Joe the Revelator May 2015 #30
+ 1,000,000,000 - That Just Made Me Cry... WillyT May 2015 #33
I'm feeding him in a half hour, it'll be my pleasure.nt Joe the Revelator May 2015 #34
a second hug from me as well please irisblue May 2015 #39
We are all potentially violent. Just that most of us, liberals especially, are careful not to be randys1 May 2015 #51
WORD !!! WillyT May 2015 #53
saying OOPS is hard. pansypoo53219 May 2015 #16
If this ever goes to trial packman May 2015 #17
Unbelievable. I would like to be on that jury. avebury May 2015 #18
Legal go fund me Noah331 May 2015 #19
Our legal system is often a sanctuary ... GeorgeGist May 2015 #20
wtf Marrah_G May 2015 #21
Oh My God! NYC_SKP May 2015 #24
Whooo--Slow down a sec, SKP. Jackpine Radical May 2015 #25
Even so, no drugs were found, it was a completely bullshit entry into that home Joe the Revelator May 2015 #31
Absolutely. It was another criminal police action against civilians. Jackpine Radical May 2015 #35
Agreed. It was a satiric attempt at translating the legalese. nt. Joe the Revelator May 2015 #36
That's a good way to put it. Jackpine Radical May 2015 #37
Please! Lie to me and tell me this is a VERY Lame attempt at satire. diabeticman May 2015 #29
Just collateral damage in the war on drugs. 1M in medical bills.... Joe the Revelator May 2015 #32
Makes perfect sense - Babies are violent thugs capable of inflicting greivous harm dbackjon May 2015 #38
Makes one feel hopeless reading this shit, doesn't it? nt valerief May 2015 #40
Terrell is an evil bag of rat excrement... gregcrawford May 2015 #41
This was a shitty act with shitty motives - BUT, the above is an editorialization Schema Thing May 2015 #42
We now live in a Police State and it will only get worse Angry Dragon May 2015 #45
honestly i think this is the case that the nation should be rallying around questionseverything May 2015 #46
I say it condemns the whole human race that the nearest bystanders didn't beat him to death FiveGoodMen May 2015 #47
Totalitarian Authoritarian Jerks! Dont call me Shirley May 2015 #48
The asshole hasn't been fired yet? world wide wally May 2015 #49
I was hoping that this was from the Onion. dear goddess, what the **** is wrong with niyad May 2015 #50
It would be easier to understand the defense sulphurdunn May 2015 #52
That story was fucking HORRIBLE. Poor Baby Bou-Bou. Warren DeMontague May 2015 #54
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