Video shows school employee hit 3-year-old nonverbal autistic child in head

[Jilly_in_VA]

The parents of a 3-year-old nonverbal autistic child released video that appears to show a school employee hitting their son in the head and then carrying him upside down by both ankles.

The 17-second video, which Taneshia Lindsay shared on her Facebook page, shows security footage from the hallway of Rosa Parks Early Learning Center in Dayton, Ohio on Aug. 21. She and the child's father, Robert Tootle, accused administrators of downplaying the incident and failing to release the full video.

Lindsay said she was initially told by a school administrator that her son, Braylen, had been "swatted" by a school employee. But security video from inside the school painted a completely different picture, she said at a news conference Wednesday.

The employee has also since resigned after being placed on administrative leave, Interim Superintendent David Lawrence said.

In the short video, Braylen is seen running down a hallway. The school employee chases after the child and then appears to strike him in the head, causing him to fall, the video shows. The employee then appears to carry Braylen upside down by his ankles.

https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/video-shows-school-employee-hit-3-year-old-nonverbal-autistic-child-he-rcna105265

All these behaviors constitute assault on this nonverbal child. Go look at his picture. He's adorable.

[Chi67]

1. Good god!

Damn right he better not be working there any more!

[LoisB]

2. The only place this cretin should be working is on a chain gang.

[Deuxcents]

3. Hmmm..shouldn't the time to

“Ensure that employees are properly trained and qualified “ be before they are allowed to work with children?

[Skittles]

4. no, just no

zero justification for this kind of treatment

I grew up with an essentially non-verbal autistic brother and it pains me to see this.

[ratchiweenie]

5. OMG, that is so horrible I just about threw up. What kind of sicko hits an autistic child,

jerks them up by their feet and carries them upside down. This employee should be in jail for assault. I know the job they do is hard but this is beyond the pale.

[LogicFirst]

6. The overweight school employee couldn't run fast enough to get ahead of the child,

so he chose to reach out and bring him down from the blind side. 15 years for a clipping foul.

[marble falls]

7. The hit on the head was not playful, the carrying by the feet is so inappropriate, he needs to ...

... be learning a new profession away from children. A little jail time might be appropriate.