re: Grand jury refuses to indict over botched SWAT raid that disfigured toddler

That piece you quoted from CNN is the words of the police chief. He also claims they had no way of knowing there could be a baby inside. I mean, we all know that had they watched the house they never would have seen evidence of children inside.

He also said the following in a June story

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The information we had from our confidential informant was there was no children in the home. We always ask; that determines how we enter the house and the things we do.... Did we go by our training, did we go by the intelligence? Given the same set of circumstances, with the same information dealing with a subject who has known gun charges on him, who is selling meth, they [the deputies and officers] would go through the same procedures... Nothing would change.... Had no way of knowing the child was in the house. The little baby was in there, didn't deserve this. These drug dealers don't care."

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And this was in the article today

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In hindsight, Terrell said at the time, officers would've conducted the raid differently had they known there was a child inside the home, but there was no sign of children during the alleged drug purchase that prompted the raid. "We might have gone in through a side door," he said. "We would not have used a flash bang."

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