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ProPublica investigates police use of flashbangs in raids

In the past 14 years, police have used flashbangs to either seriously injure, maim or kill people – including the officers themselves in some cases – during raids, according to an investigation conducted by ProPublica and the Atlantic published Monday.

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Georgia police who critically injured toddler during raid won’t be charged

The Georgia police officers involved in a drug raid labeled “hurried and sloppy” and ended in the critical injury of a toddler on May 28 won’t face criminal charges, a Habersham County grand jury decided Monday.

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Toddler critically injured by flashbang during SWAT raid (VIDEO)

A toddler was critically injured by a flashbang during an early morning SWAT raid in Georgia Wednesday. SWAT breached an Atlanta residence around 3 a.m. in search for Wanis Thometheva, 30, who was wanted for selling drugs. They deployed a flashbang, but the device landed in 19-month-old Bounkham Phonesavanh’s playpen, WSB-TV reports. The baby was […]

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Watch Israeli SWAT team climbs down building, takes down target (VIDEO)

An Israeli SWAT team descended on a mentally ill man who had taken his 4-year-old niece hostage. The unidentified 30-year-old suspect barricaded himself inside his brother’s seventh floor apartment in Ashkelon and refused to cooperate with police. After negotiations failed, SWAT was called to take down the man, the Daily Mail reports. They hung precariously […]

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Look out Flashbang, here comes the Bra Draw holster (VIDEO)

While the majority of firearm accessories on the market are inadvertently made for men, this little holster is made especially for women, providing superior functionality without compromising a woman's unique style.

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U.S. Navy SEALs leave behind GPS, munitions during failed Somalia raid

U.S. Navy SEALs left behind American equipment as they were pushed back by enemy combatants during a failed raid in Somalia. The raid was half of a two-part operation executed within several hours of each other and across two different countries. In Libya, Delta Force commandos brought their black Mercedes to a screeching halt as […]

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