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Title: $3.6 Million Awarded In Flash-Bang Grenade Maiming Of Baby Bou Bou
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URL Source: http://www.informationliberation.com/?id=54217
Published: Feb 29, 2016
Author: Asa Jay
Post Date: 2016-02-29 17:16:13 by Deckard
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Comments: 37
The parents of a baby injured by a flash-bang grenade during a no-knock multi-agency task force raid in Georgia, will be awarded $3.6 million after a federal judge's decision on Friday.
19-month-old Bounkham Phonesavah (Baby Bou Bou) spent weeks in a burn unit after deputies with a Cornelia Police Department SWAT team threw a flash bang grenade directly into his crib, which exploded in his face, leaving him permanently disfigured.
The raid was conducted at around 3:00 am for a drug suspect that wasn't even in the house. By happen-stance, the Phonesavanh family was staying at the residence with relatives because their home in Wisconsin had just burned down.
"[The grenade] landed in his playpen and exploded on his pillow right in his face," Bou Bou's mother, Alecia Phonesavanh said at the time. "He's only a baby. He didn't deserve any of this."
Following the raid, the child was rushed to the Grady Memorial Hospital where he was put into a medically induced coma. In the wake of the incident, Habersham County attorneys said that "the board of commissioners concluded that it would be in violation of the law" to pay for Bou Bou's medical bills.
The Phonesavah family has since settled multiple lawsuits against the assorted departments involved in the raid however. A settlement was reached earlier this month with the City of Cornelia for $1 million, and in April, an agreement for $964,000 was arrived at with Habersham County.
On Friday, a federal judge approved payments totaling $1.65 million by Rabun and Stephens Counties – bringing the entire amount awarded to the family to around $3.6 million.
"We have worked diligently with our co-counsel to obtain the best possible result for Baby Bou Bou and his family," Attorney Mawuli Davis said. "What we achieved will not fix what happened or take away the nightmares, but we hope it helps them move forward as a family."
The only officer that faced any charges as a result of the incident was twenty-nine-year-old Nikki Autry – a special agent of the Mountain Judicial Circuit Criminal Investigation and Suppression Team (NCIS).
She was indicted by a federal grand jury in July for providing false information in a search warrant affidavit and providing the same false information to obtain an arrest warrant that ultimately led to the raid.
Prosecutors had said that Autry knew the informant she relied on wasn't a reliable source and didn't buy drugs from anyone inside the house, but gave the affidavit to the judge anyway who issued the no-knock warrant.
Autry was charged with four counts of civil rights violations for willfully depriving the occupants of the residence of their right to be free from unreasonable searches and seizures by an officer and "knowingly depriving [the] right to be free from arrest without probable cause."
Although her actions directly led to Fourth Amendment violations that resulted in Bou Bou's injuries, the grand jury declined to hold Autry responsible in December after her attorneys argued that she became the scapegoat for other officers' errors in the case.
Prosecutors didn't agree, but said they respected the jury's decision.
"If there had never been a search warrant Bou Bou would've never been injured," Assistant U.S. Attorney Bill McKinnon said at the time. "There's a direct causation."
Baby Bou Bou is still recovering from his injuries, has difficulty swallowing, and requires additional surgeries, according to Attorney Davis.
"He's got a painful road ahead," Davis said. "The whole family, they still struggle with the trauma of what they went through, and every medical procedure is a reminder." (1 image)
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#1. To: Deckard (#0)
I pray that God Almighty will reach down with his powerful hands and heal this innocent child! Si vis pacem, para bellum Those who beat their swords into plowshares will plow for those who don't Rebellion to tyrants is obedience to God. There are no Carthaginian terrorists. President Obama is the greatest hoax ever perpetrated on the American people. --Clint Eastwood A friend will help you move ,But a good friend will help you move a body..
And by the time Baby Boo Boo turns 18, there will be no money left. By the way, the Grand Jury in this case "strongly hinted that they felt the family was to blame": "The evidence shows the children were in danger from the moment they moved into the residence and the parents and extended family had some degree of knowledge concerning family members involved in criminal activity that came in and out of the residence."
This is another one of your ignorant statements that seeks to blame the victims. Even when a cop is charged with a crime in the case, and out of court settlements go to the 7 digits is the family free of wrongdoing, right?
Ditto. He's looking better. (December 2015)
I quoted the Grand Jury which heard all the evidence, not selective evidence from a bleeding heart, anti-cop, liberal website. "Even when a cop is charged with a crime in the case" No one was charged with injuring the child, if that's what you're trying to imply.
Care to post a link? I'd be interested in reading about a statement made by a grand jury, as they work on a simple majority vote on whether to bring charges or not. I wasn't aware grand juries made such collective statements. You are indeed dishonest. A cop made false statements that resulted in the raid that severely injured the child, and has been indicted for those lies. She was unlucky as most cops get away scot-free. If the child had not had these injuries that netted national news, it's likely she would never had been charged, I'd say. So she was quite unlucky to be caught.
http://media.cmgdigital.com/shared/news/documents/2014/10/07/presentment.pdf Specifically #18 on page 13. "A cop made false statements ..." And the cop was charged with making false statememts. Nothing else.
Quite the cop defender you are. Isn't it perjury when those false statements involve obtaining a warrant?
They don't need no stinkin' facts. They've just overflowing with feelings.
The cops knew there was a child in the house by the presence of toys in the yard. They didn't care. Pity the Poor Stormtroopers: Baby Bou-Bou Ambushed Them Reduced to its putrid essence, this compound defense amounts to a single claim: If you live anywhere within the claimed jurisdiction of a federally subsidized einsatzgruppe like the Mountain Judicial Circuit Narcotics Criminal Investigation and Suppression Team, then you are fair game for an after-midnight military raid, and you have only yourself to blame once it happens. This is all covered by the “Sucks to be you” provision of the “If you’re not a cop, you’re little people” doctrine. In a Cop Culture, the Bill of Rights Doesn’t Amount to Much If a cop put a bullet in your head. There would be mass celebrations. I bet roscoe would be laughing about it.
The pig should have a bullet in his head. Or a grenade placed in his mouth. One in your mouth just for good measure.
Good question. Maybe you should look that up. I could GAS.
As the Grand Jury wrote: "The evidence shows the children were in danger from the moment they moved into the residence and the parents and extended family had some degree of knowledge concerning family members involved in criminal activity that came in and out of the residence." So what did the parents do? They placed the crib such that it blocked the front door. When the SWAT team found the front door blocked, they threw in a flash-bang.
It matters to me. Sorry you're so hateful.
Unreal.
It matters to me. No. It really doesn't matter to you - or paulsen for that matter. Lie to get a warrant? Hey, no big deal. Perjury doesn't apply to cops, at least in the minds of cop-sucking assholes like you two freaks. In a Cop Culture, the Bill of Rights Doesn’t Amount to Much No, you're delighted that the child was injured, providing you with an opportunity to screech.
Why do you feel the need to be a liar. Misterwhite is the one who was happy about it. He said the kid when they turned 18 would ... I think since misterwhite didn't raise his kids properly. He thinks other kids will end up like his kids ended up.
Why do you feel the need to project?
You really are an asshole. NO ONE takes delight in a child being injured. Except of course the police who had the temerity to blame the child for their despicable actions. I hope that one day you are on the receiving end of a no-knock SWAT raid. Oh - you're innocent you say? Tell that to the countless innocent folks who have died as a result of steroid-fueled cops assaulting them when the cops have the wrong home. Man - I really hope that happens to you. In a Cop Culture, the Bill of Rights Doesn’t Amount to Much I bet A K A Stone would break out a bottle of hand lotion.
Except of course the police No, you're not a policeman.
Right. And you're still a submissive badge-bunny with a fetish for authority. In a Cop Culture, the Bill of Rights Doesn’t Amount to Much Did you see the December 2015 picture of the child healing? That must have pissed you off good.
I bet you're banned in the near future.
Okay, so it's like this. The parents are completely to blame. It's all their fault that the kid had a flash bang grenade thrown into the crib. The parents should have known from the memo sent by the police in 2 days prior that the raid would be taking place at 3 AM that morning, but they PURPOSELY chose to ignore it. In fact, they knew the police were coming but chose to "block the door" with the baby's crib, because as everyone knows, cribs make excellent door blocks that completely foil police as they barge into a home. Not only that, but when the police find a door blocked, flash bang grenades are the preferred means of removing the obstruction. This, also, the family was too irresponsible or stupid to realize. That the parents are dealing with a lousy economy just like so many other people is no excuse for their decision about where to live. Dammit, living in a tent in the local park would have been a better choice than a home. The police had no reason to be honest about the statements she made under penalties of perjury to the judge about the basis of the warrant. That the officer involved now faces criminal charges is completely unrelated to the entire incident because the raid would have occurred anyway. That is also the fault of the parents. And the police themselves actually did an adequate job of ensuring there were no children in the house, in spite of the fact that the same GJ statement indicated otherwise. It doesn't matter what the GJ report says because it doesn't carry the force of law, except for the sentence about how the parents might have been aware of the non-violent drug dealings going on that would generate the violent response from the police. Again, they ignored the advance notice from the police that the raid was coming in the middle of the night. Oh, and the $3.6 million dollar settlement to this family from various agencies is totally immaterial, just because it's immaterial, and does not in any way show any fault of anyone except for the stupid family who is solely responsible for everything that happened. All in all, the evidence and facts clearly prove the family was solely and completely at fault for the entire incident from start to finish. Does that sum up your position? Misterwhite, how much are you being paid to post here? Only a paid shill would spout this crap. You have links to things like this GJ report, and other resources, which it seems you were provided in order to have as much pro-police material as possible. Any ordinary person who posts as just a general exercise their freedom of speech wouldn't post this insane crap. I really resent it. It's really an insult to have paid shills competing with the majority here who just post what they honestly think. You are a lobbyist of public opinion, expressing not honesty but the power of money. You are no better than Hillary Clinton, and for the same reasons.
It must have pissed you off that the child survived. After all, according to the cops, it was the child's fault this happened. In a Cop Culture, the Bill of Rights Doesn’t Amount to Much I read your post and it seems to me you're the one spouting crap. I gave you a copy of the Grand Jury's written statement -- which I found via a Google search. That's what I'm going by. It appears, however, that you're all upset because that statement doesn't comport with the story you want to believe. Tough shit.
Ooooh! What did he do? Did he say that another poster should be shot in the head? Or a grenade placed in his mouth? Well, if he did then he should be banned. There's no place for talk like that on this forum.
Here is what I understand from the story. An officer threw a grenade into a house with a baby and killed the baby. That is wrong. I'm saying it would have been more just for the baby to live and for the cop to have been shot instead since he threw the grenade where a innocent baby was at. When instead they could have waited and arrested the people who needed arrested when they went to the gas station. Your hateful response about a dead baby made me think. It made me think what if you were over there collecting the rent from your property. What if the grenade landed in your mouth instead of killing the baby. If that happened Roscoe would be cheering it on. He would say you shouldn't have been over at that house. Even though you were there to kick them out for not paying the rent and bringing drugs into the neighborhood.
The members of the Grand Jury understand and are aware that his report, findings, and presentement, are not binding legal orders upon any person or organization. That's number 1. Number 2, the report highlights things the police did and did not do that they could have done better. But you obviously are interested only in highlighting about the only sentence in the whole thing that suggests the family could have done something better, and go on to downplay the lying cop's perjury statement to a judge for which she has be criminally charged. You are grossly hypocritical, white. Grossly. But that's what money makes you do, I guess.
The baby in this case wasn't killed, but seriously injured with facial burns. Children have been killed in such raids though. In one, very similar to this case, an officer's weapon discharged and killed a child sleeping on a couch next to her grandmother. The office blamed the grandmother for grabbing the weapon, which she denied doing. Perhaps you are thinking of that one. It's as though the grandmother should have expected this SWAT team dressed in all black in the middle of the night. But that's another story.
To many of these stories. They get confusing.
Sadly true. The militarization of police just since the 70's, perhaps beginning with the SWAT tv show which first cast that image to the public, has been dramatic. In fact, I think in the case I cited, a film crew was with the police to film the event for TV. I suspect that may have encouraged the police to "play the part" by acting extra tough, contributing to the danger of the situation. I could be recalling a different incident though.
First, it was a hand grenade. Second, the baby threw it at officer and it bounced back into his crib, injuring him. You need to get your facts straight. Now, I don't know where you get off saying I should be shot in the head and a grenade put in my mouth, but threaten to ban Roscoe for saying you use hand lotion. Idiotic double standard.
Not at all. In my post #2 I said the family was going to be awarded millions, yet they were partly to blame. Then I cited proof of that. Nothing hypocritical about supporting one's point of view. You should try it sometime.
" Baby Bou Bou is still recovering from his injuries, has difficulty swallowing, and requires additional surgeries "
#2. To: Deckard (#0)
"The parents of a baby injured by a flash-bang grenade during a no-knock multi-agency task force raid in Georgia, will be awarded $3.6 million"
#3. To: misterwhite (#2)
#4. To: Stoner (#1)
I pray that God Almighty will reach down with his powerful hands and heal this innocent child!
#5. To: Pinguinite (#3)
"This is another one of your ignorant statements that seeks to blame the victims."
#6. To: misterwhite (#5)
I quoted the Grand Jury which heard all the evidence, not selective evidence from a bleeding heart, anti-cop, liberal website.
No one was charged with injuring the child, if that's what you're trying to imply.
#7. To: Pinguinite (#6)
"Care to post a link? I'd be interested in reading about a statement made by a grand jury, as they work on a simple majority vote on whether to bring charges or not. I wasn't aware grand juries made such collective statements."
#8. To: misterwhite (#7)
And the cop was charged with making false statememts. Nothing else.
#9. To: misterwhite (#7)
http://media.cmgdigital.com/shared/news/documents/2014/10/07/presentment.pdf
#10. To: Roscoe (#9)
(Edited)
The truth in black and white -- but don't believe it:
Sheriff Joey insists that this is the face of a criminal. 
Looking for other babies to burn, deputy? “Truth is treason in the empire of lies.” - Ron Paul
Americans who have no experience with, or knowledge of, tyranny believe that only terrorists will experience the unchecked power of the state. They will believe this until it happens to them, or their children, or their friends.
Paul Craig Roberts
#11. To: misterwhite (#2)
And by the time Baby Boo Boo turns 18, there will be no money left.
#12. To: misterwhite (#7)
And the cop was charged with making false statememts. Nothing else.
#13. To: Pinguinite (#8)
"Isn't it perjury when those false statements involve obtaining a warrant?"
#14. To: Roscoe (#9)
#15. To: Deckard (#10)
It doesn’t matter that the raid is the product of a dishonestly obtained search warrant
#16. To: misterwhite (#14)
They placed the crib such that it blocked the front door.
#17. To: Roscoe (#15)
It doesn’t matter that the raid is the product of a dishonestly obtained search warrant
“Truth is treason in the empire of lies.” - Ron Paul
Americans who have no experience with, or knowledge of, tyranny believe that only terrorists will experience the unchecked power of the state. They will believe this until it happens to them, or their children, or their friends.
Paul Craig Roberts
#18. To: Deckard (#17)
#19. To: Roscoe (#18)
No, you're delighted that the child was injured, providing you with an opportunity to screech.
#20. To: A K A Stone (#19)
Why do you feel the need to be a liar.
#21. To: Roscoe (#18)
No, you're delighted that the child was injured,
“Truth is treason in the empire of lies.” - Ron Paul
Americans who have no experience with, or knowledge of, tyranny believe that only terrorists will experience the unchecked power of the state. They will believe this until it happens to them, or their children, or their friends.
Paul Craig Roberts
#22. To: A K A Stone (#11)
I bet roscoe would be laughing about it.
#23. To: Deckard (#21)
NO ONE takes delight in a child being injured.
#24. To: Roscoe (#23)
you're not a policeman.
“Truth is treason in the empire of lies.” - Ron Paul
Americans who have no experience with, or knowledge of, tyranny believe that only terrorists will experience the unchecked power of the state. They will believe this until it happens to them, or their children, or their friends.
Paul Craig Roberts
#25. To: Deckard (#24)
#26. To: Roscoe (#22)
#27. To: misterwhite, A K A Stone (#14)
#28. To: Roscoe (#25)
That must have pissed you off good.
“Truth is treason in the empire of lies.” - Ron Paul
Americans who have no experience with, or knowledge of, tyranny believe that only terrorists will experience the unchecked power of the state. They will believe this until it happens to them, or their children, or their friends.
Paul Craig Roberts
#29. To: Pinguinite (#27)
"Only a paid shill would spout this crap."
#30. To: A K A Stone (#26)
"I bet you're banned in the near future."
#31. To: misterwhite (#30)
Ooooh! What did he do? Did he say that another poster should be shot in the head? Or a grenade placed in his mouth?
#32. To: misterwhite (#29)
(Edited)
INTRODUCTION
#33. To: A K A Stone (#31)
An officer threw a grenade into a house with a baby and killed the baby.
#34. To: Pinguinite (#33)
The baby in this case wasn't killed, but seriously injured with facial burns.
#35. To: A K A Stone (#34)
To many of these stories.
#36. To: A K A Stone (#31)
"An officer threw a grenade into a house with a baby and killed the baby."
#37. To: Pinguinite (#32)
"You are grossly hypocritical, white."
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