Chicago cops were looking for drugs. Instead, they raided a 4-year-old's birthday party, a family sa
It was supposed to be a little boy’s birthday party, but the frightening mayhem exploded before he could blow out the candles.
Feb. 10, 2019, was a Sunday evening, the cold Chicago night sinking down into the low 20s. Friends and family had gathered in the basement apartment where 4-year-old TJ Jackson Jr. lived with his parents and 7-year-old sister Samari in the city’s Auburn-Gresham neighborhood on the South Side.
Around 10 adults chatted and played cards. TJ, Samari, and two other kids were playing Duck, Duck, Goose. The children’s mother, Stephanie Bures, had run to the store for ice cream. When she got back, it would be time for cake and presents.
But according to a recently filed federal lawsuit, at 7:15 p.m. that night, the house’s unlocked back door smacked open. The crash of foot steps coming down the basement stairs filled the apartment. Plainclothes men with guns filled the room, some hefting crowbars, sledge hammers, and a battering ram.
“Get your f------ hands up!” the men screamed, according to the complaint. “We are doing a f------ raid!”
While the four children, including the birthday boy, wailed in panic, 17 officers allegedly went about tearing the apartment to pieces, including knocking over TJ’s birthday cake.
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Guess what color the family is.
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