this headline should be “police kill innocent child in reckless firebombing”
This kinda thing happens all the fucking time with flashbangs. I’m from Minneapolis and every couple of years you hear about MPLS SWAT burning down a house or scarring a child with flashbangs.
It should be noted that flashbangs really became known when the SAS demonstrated them in the 1980 Iranian Embassy siege, Operation Nimrod. That was basically the first time most of the world got their understanding of flashbang grenades and saw how they were employed. Almost immediately, every SWAT team in the US was clamoring to get the things, because SWAT teams are more about cops getting to play commando than anything.
The Iranian Embassy was closed for 13 years after the SAS raid because the flashbangs, on their first real outing, started massive fires and caused incredible amounts of damage. SWAT teams have always ignored that because the grenade is “less lethal.”
