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submitted 10 months ago by MicroWave@lemmy.world to c/news@lemmy.world

The mayor of Elyria has ordered a probe after the woman who lives at the home accused police of raiding the wrong house, an incident that she said left her baby with severe burns.

The mayor of Elyria, Ohio, has ordered an investigation after a woman alleged that police officers who raided her home had the wrong address and deployed flash-bang devices that sent her 1-year-old to the hospital with burns.

Police have offered a conflicting account of what happened Jan. 10, saying in a statement Friday that they had executed a search warrant at the correct address and the child did not "sustain any apparent, visible injuries."

Courtney Price says audio from her Ring camera proves them wrong. In a clip shared exclusively with NBC News on Tuesday, someone can be heard saying "it's the wrong house." It is not clear who made the remark because the camera fell to the ground and went dark after police deployed the flash-bang devices.

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[-] Olgratin_Magmatoe@startrek.website 32 points 10 months ago

The only reason a single mother and baby should ever be flash banged is if they are shooting at the police. With the technology today, they should be aware of who is going to be hit by a flash bang before it’s even thrown.

That, and there isn't ever really a need to do raids in the first place.

[-] repungnant_canary@lemmy.world 15 points 10 months ago

there isn't ever really a need to do raids in the first place

Exactly! There might be a reason to be ready for a raid, for example if there's a strong suspicion that someone's heavily armed and might attack. But you don't start acting offensively until you're 200% sure that someone poses an immediate and serious threat.

[-] ShepherdPie@midwest.social 2 points 10 months ago

They'll use the teeniest justification to play soldier. Many of these raids are simply to catch someone on stuff like probation violations or unpaid fines, yet they act like they're trying to capture an international hitman.

[-] EdibleFriend@lemmy.world 10 points 10 months ago

Eh...raids are necessary sometimes. Just...not 99% of the time these fucks do them and, in the end, they should be done by people who are....you know...educated and competent.

[-] Ibex0@lemmy.world 1 points 10 months ago

Right. If there's a criminal, ask them to come out.

[-] lingh0e@sh.itjust.works 9 points 10 months ago

I can't tell if you're being snide with that comment, but yes. That should absolutely be the first step.

[-] EdibleFriend@lemmy.world 5 points 10 months ago

and if they don't...yeah. raids might be necessary. I really get all the anti cop shit here...because our cops are absolute shit and most of them need to be just be thrown away for life. But this website acts like society would just suddenly behave if the cops went away. No more crime, no need to ever pursue people. No need to ever raid anyone's home because nobody in history has ever done anything bad enough that they need to be forced to leave their home to face prosecution.

Again...I fucking get it. I hate our police in this shithole country but the answer is not no police ever no raids ever no arrests ever. The answer is massive fucking reform of our entire god damn system starting with EXTREMELY harsh punishment's for everyone involved in shit like this article.

[-] Malfeasant@lemmy.world 2 points 10 months ago

If someone barricades themselves in their home, why not just wait them out? Cut off power & water, couple days max.

[-] EdibleFriend@lemmy.world 2 points 10 months ago

And if they have people in there they are threatening? Ah, well. They kill them its whatever right?

Again, I'm very sorry, but yes...some times society is going to need police. we just need to fix the system because our current usage of the police is completely fucked.

[-] Malfeasant@lemmy.world 2 points 10 months ago

This isn't tv. Cops aren't going into a hostage situation as it is right now. Cops go in guns blazing when they are confident there is little threat, if there is actual threat they take their time.

[-] EdibleFriend@lemmy.world 1 points 10 months ago

Which, again, leads back to my main point that how our police use these tactics is the issue not the tactics themselves.

I'm glad you agree with me.

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