‘A Swat Team Blew a Hole in My 2-Year-Old Son’
Posted in Main Blog (All Posts) on June 25th, 2014 11:08 pm by HL
‘A Swat Team Blew a Hole in My 2-Year-Old Son’
Alecia Phonesavanh: After our house burned down in Wisconsin a few months ago, my husband and I packed our four young kids and all our belongings into a gold minivan and drove to my sister-in-lawÂ?s place, just outside of Atlanta. On the back windshield, we pasted six stick figures: a dad, a mom, three young girls, and one baby boy. That minivan was sitting in the front driveway of my sister-in-lawÂ?s place the night a SWAT team broke in, looking for a small amount of drugs they thought my husbandÂ?s nephew had. Some of my kidsÂ? toys were in the front yard, but the officers claimed they had no way of knowing children might be present. Our whole family was sleeping in the same room, one bed for us, one for the girls, and a crib. After the SWAT team broke down the door, they threw a flashbang grenade inside. It landed in my sonÂ?s crib.
NFL Removes Cap on Concussion Damages
The NFL will open its wallet to help retired players suffering from dementia and other concussion-related damages. The league and lawyers for the 4,500 former NFL players who accused the league of covering up the long-term consequences of traumatic brain injuries unveiled a proposed settlement on Wednesday that removes the cap on concussion-related damages. The NFL agreed to pay $765 million in August to settle the concussion lawsuit filed in Philadelphia federal court by retired players in 2013. But U.S. District Court Judge Anita B. Brody, expressing concerns that there would not be enough money to cover every claim, rejected the deal in January.
