News comes from the state of Georgia that a SWAT team looking for a Meth dealer tossed a stun grenade into a crib causing serious burns and unknown other injuries to a baby that is now in a coma.
And the Meth dealer wasn't there.
All this happened at 3 a.m.
You would think a these para-military police could have pursued some course of action other than one that requires the tossing of a stun grenade into a baby's room.
This is hardly the 1st time, SWAT police have raided the wrong house causing grievous harm to innocent people.
This is the United States of America. Innocent people should not be subject to violent para-military actions by policemen. The police have an obligation to be 100% sure they are after the right people and not to use excessive means when there may be innocent people around like a 19 month old baby in a crib.
A meth dealer is not someone who should be allowed to operate freely, but neither is he Osama bin Ladan. The police need to take care before they use equipment that harms people in a situation they are not sure of.
For example, why not roll a stun grenade into a room along the floor? Why fling it into a crib or bed?
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