> Because the suspected drug dealer, Wanis Thonetheva, had a previous weapons charge, officers were issued a "no-knock warrant" for the residence, Terrell said.
> Thonetheva, 30, was not at the home at the time of the raid, but the toddler's mother and father and their other three children were inside.
Not only was the raid unannounced, but the suspected drug dealer wasn't even home at the time.
From https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/ex-georgia-deputy-acqui...
In 2015: "a federal grand jury indicted the undercover Habersham County deputy who secured the no-knock warrant, Nikki Autry, alleging that she provided false information to gain entry to the home where the Phonesavanhs were staying. The informant who she claimed purchased meth there never did, the indictment states, and Autry never "confirmed" that there was heavy drug traffic at the home, as she also claimed to have done."
The suspected drug dealer did have a weapons charge, and the baby was placed in the way of the the front door of his residence.