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http://www.wnd.com/2015/07/grenade-lobbed-in-babys-crib-now-cop-indicted/
No drugs were ever found in the house. Now, more than a year later, the indictment against Autry indicates the operation was botched from the start. One of the SWAT members tossed a flashbang grenade into the house, and it landed in the playpen where little Bou Bou Phonesavanh was sleeping. He required more than a dozen reconstructive surgeries costing his family more than $1 million. The county has refused to reimburse the family for their child’s medical expenses. Autry, who resigned from the department not long after the incident, will be arraigned later this week by a federal magistrate. Providing false evidence to a judge to obtain a warrant is a federal civil rights violation. “Our criminal justice system depends upon our police officers’ sworn duty to present facts truthfully and accurately – there is no arrest that is worth selling out the integrity of our law enforcement officers,” said Acting U.S. Attorney John Horn in a statement. “In this case, Autry is charged with making false statements to a judge in order to obtain search and arrest warrants. Without her false statements, there was no probable cause to search the premises for drugs or to make the arrest. And in this case, the consequences of the unlawful search were tragic. Read more at
No drugs were ever found in the house. Now, more than a year later, the indictment against Autry indicates the operation was botched from the start. One of the SWAT members tossed a flashbang grenade into the house, and it landed in the playpen where little Bou Bou Phonesavanh was sleeping. He required more than a dozen reconstructive surgeries costing his family more than $1 million. The county has refused to reimburse the family for their child’s medical expenses. Autry, who resigned from the department not long after the incident, will be arraigned later this week by a federal magistrate. Providing false evidence to a judge to obtain a warrant is a federal civil rights violation. “Our criminal justice system depends upon our police officers’ sworn duty to present facts truthfully and accurately – there is no arrest that is worth selling out the integrity of our law enforcement officers,” said Acting U.S. Attorney John Horn in a statement. “In this case, Autry is charged with making false statements to a judge in order to obtain search and arrest warrants. Without her false statements, there was no probable cause to search the premises for drugs or to make the arrest. And in this case, the consequences of the unlawful search were tragic. Read more at