I have NO interest in defending throwing a flashbang near a child. And what I'm about to write is in no way a defense nor excuse to that action. But I think a point made above has been missed in the bloodlust to again indict police for using " no-knock" tactics.EEllis wrote:Turns out that the guy they were looking for wasn't there during the raid. The guy had sold meth to a CI and the cops went to get a warrant and came back to serve the warrant and the guy left to make deliveries. The guy had been arrested for drugs and weapons charges before at that location. This seems to be an almost gang sale situation with "guards" often being at the location. The woman knew they sold drugs at that location and reportedly, by her statements to the police, would take the kids in the back room and lock the door while business was occurring.
How much blame for this is placed on the child's parents for allowing the child to sleep in a known drug house and/or for the drug users / dealers for using/dealing with children around?
Again, this is not an excuse/defense for the police action. Just a desire to see requisite blame/responsibility on the people who put children into a dangerous environment.
Would the reaction be any different if the child was injured in inter-gang gun crossfire? Or is this lamentable only because some of the blame can be pointed at the police?