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Parents of toddler injured by flash bang grenade during raid on Georgia home call for justice [message #256062] Thu, 19 June 2014 11:04
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The parents of a 19-month-old severely injured when police threw a flash bang grenade into his playpen during a raid met with federal authorities in Georgia Tuesday to plead for justice.

The toddler, Bou Bou Phonesavanh, remains in a medically induced coma two weeks after he was blasted in the face and chest during a botched drug raid on the Habersham County house, where he and his parents were staying following a fire at their Wisconsin home.

So far, state and federal agents, including the Georgie Bureau of Investigations and investigators from two district attorneys' offices, have found no wrongdoing in last month's predawn raid.

At a news conference Tuesday, the tot's father, Bounkham Phonesavanh said the officers who lobbed the explosive into his sleeping child's playpen showed no remorse afterward, and lied to he and his wife about the extent of his injuries, saying the boy had only lost a tooth, the Atlanta Journal-Constitution reported.

"The officers cursed and yelled at us and threatened to arrest me after we expressed our concern for our son," Phonesavanh said, according to NBC Atlanta.

The tot suffered severe burns and wounds to his face and chest, and was in critical condition at Grady Memorial Hospital in Atlanta.

Full article: http://www.nydailynews.com/news/national/parents-toddler-inj ured-flash-bang-botched-raid-call-justice-article-1.1825366


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