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October 8, 2014

Grand Jury Rejects Indictment for Georgia Police Raid That Injured Toddler 
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A Georgia grand jury has elected not to bring charges against a police
SWAT team for a raid that left a toddler critically wounded. Bounkham
Phonesavah spent weeks in a burn unit after a SWAT team threw a
flashbang grenade into his playpen while he was sleeping. Authorities
had raided the home in the early hours while searching for an alleged
drug dealer who was not there at the time. The U.S. attorney for the
Northern District of Georgia, Sally Quillian Yates, says she will now
review the case for potential federal charges.

 

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