A report at Alternet gives some context to the amount spent by the U.S. on its drug policy.
The article goes into further details on the number, including:
On May 28, a team of police officers raided the Phonesavanh's home, with the mistaken belief that the residents were involved with drugs. As they entered, they tossed a flashbang grenade that landed directly in the crib of baby Bou Bou, which exploded within point-blank range - critically injuring him.
In a harrowing article, his mother, Alecia, described seeing "a singed crib" and "a pool of blood", and later being informed by medics: "There's still a hole in his chest that exposes his ribs". Alecia said that the sole silver lining to this story is that it may "make us angry enough that we stop accepting brutal SWAT raids as a normal way to fight the war on drugs".
Fortunately, Bou Bou has been making a gradual recovery, but his family is relying on donations to support their living and medical costs.
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Saturday July 12 2014, @04:38AM
No, we're viewed as pricks because Americans are universally assholes. Go spend time in any other country, preferably someplace where you can interact with people from many different countries, and if any of them are jerks or even slightly rude, its almost certain they're American.