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Mon Dec 14, 2015, 02:08 PM Dec 2015

Georgia deputy suffers no consequences...

Despite having botched her own involvement, badly.

Ex-Georgia deputy not guilty on all charges after sleeping toddler maimed during no-knock drug raid

A jury acquitted a former Georgia deputy of all charges in the 2014 maiming of a sleeping baby during a no-knock drug raid.

Jurors deliberated for four and a half hours Friday before delivering not-guilty verdicts on all three counts of violating the civil rights of Bounkham “Bou Bou” Phonesavanh, his parents and siblings, reported the Atlanta Journal-Constitution.

Former Habersham County sheriff’s deputy Nikki Autry was the only law enforcement officer charged in the botched raid — which left Bounkham “Bou Bou” Phonesavanh with severe injuries and saddled his family with close to $1 million in medical bills.

The 29-year-old Autry was forced to resign after a county grand jury found her work in the raid was “hurried and sloppy,” and U.S. attorneys accused the former deputy of providing false information to a judge to obtain a no-knock warrant for a relative suspected of selling methamphetamine.

Deputies burst into another relatives home, where the 19-month-old boy and his family were staying temporarily, and tossed a stun grenade into a darkened room — and the explosive device landed in the toddler’s crib.

The boy suffered severe chest and facial injuries that will likely require multiple surgeries to repair.

The 29-year-old Autry was jubilant after her acquittal.

http://www.rawstory.com/2015/12/ex-georgia-deputy-not-guilty-on-all-charges-after-sleeping-toddler-maimed-during-no-knock-drug-raid/

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