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June 8, 2014
Bou Phonesavanh, 19 months old, was sleeping in his playpen, when a Georgia Narcotics Task Force SWAT team member threw a stun grenade in the window which landed on the baby's pillow.
The Phonesavanh family's home in Wisconsin had burned down, and they were in Georgia temporarily to stay with relatives.
Bou is now in a medically-induced coma in Intensive Care at Atlanta's Grady Memorial Hospital, and it could be weeks before it's known if he'll survive, and what treatment he'll need.
Now, Bou's mother,father, and 3 sisters are facing weeks of uncertainty, unsure how long Bou will be hospitalized and where they'll live in the meantime.
The dad says they have nothing to do with drugs.
The family is angry, but hopeful that the toddler will make a full recovery.
His sisters' ages are 3, 5 and 7
He needs our prayers...He needs them badly And he needs them now, today!
Within hours of the "drug raid gone bad", both the District Attorney and the Sheriff issued statements saying that the police officers " had done nothing wrong"
I posted a story a few days ago about a Georgia Democratic State Senator calling for a federal investigation into the drug raid.
http://www.democraticunderground.com/10025050244/
More info on the story:
http://www.thinkprogress.org/justice/2014/06/05/3445048/swat-grenade-toddler/
Bou's family has no insurance.
A family friend has set up a fund to help pay the baby's medical expenses, as well as for food and other things the family will need.
http://www.gofundme.com/9mih84/
hlthe2b
(102,138 posts)denial of medicaid funds as part of his attack on Obamacare.
Death panels, indeed.
May that child somehow come through and some good come from the horror.
red dog 1
(27,781 posts)Even if he does survive, he faces many surgeries, possible permanent paralysis, and he's lost the use of one of his lungs.
Timez Squarez
(262 posts)is that the police asked the hospital to forward all medical bills to them.
At least they admit responsibility for what they did to Bou.
Bou will need additional reconstructive surgery and I will go ahead and fund them with $5.
red dog 1
(27,781 posts)roguevalley
(40,656 posts)dixiegrrrrl
(60,010 posts)Poor kid,.
A Little Weird
(1,754 posts)Those cops should be paying every last cent of his medical costs plus emotional damage!
Timez Squarez
(262 posts)i read from a previous article that the police department has requested that all of Bou's hospital bills are forwarded to them.
A Little Weird
(1,754 posts)That's the least they should do. But it says the DA and Sheriff's Dept came out quickly to say that the cops did nothing wrong. So I don't expect them to feel the need to truly compensate the victims. If throwing a flash grenade into a baby's playpen isn't considered wrong in their book, I don't know what is.
SheilaT
(23,156 posts)That would do a lot more than prayers, honestly.