“So last night, she's only been there a couple days. Uh she asked if she could stay. She had kids. She came in at like 11:00 at night one time. So I was like, "Yeah, you stay."
You know, she's supposed to be getting a place.” “Go ahead and watch her.” “Okay.
She has been She drinks all day and I don't even think she sleeps, but she drinks all day and all night. Well, last night, I don't know. I didn't hear her daughter say anything. Okay. But I don't know what she did.
Okay. So I do know I did see her slap the out of her like bam. It hurt her so bad. She put her hands up her Yeah, her hands up her face and was trying to walk to the couch, but her mom was like shoving her and then shoved her on the couch and she told her to quit touching me, don't touch me, you hit me, blah blah blah. I guess that Mom tried to get back in her face and she kicked the chair.
That's what off. I'm snatched her by her hair and just like was beating on her like a grown woman, swung her to the ground and was still.” “you mean by beating on her like a grown woman?”
“like the fist, like punching her like.” “Okay.” “everywhere. Face, the whole body. That's why I was stunned.
Then she swung her to my floor.” “Okay.”
“and was doing the same thing and had kicked her. At that point, she was like rolled up in a little ball, you know, trying to protect herself and her mom still has her hair. Well, she swung her back up on the couch and started punching her some more. She finally got to go upstairs now. Anyways, I couldn't say nothing.
I was so like I didn't I really didn't. I like I stove up because I've never been in a situation like that ever in my entire life.”
claimed that her friend harshly beat up her 11-year-old daughter on her birthday in front of everyone at home, including children. It was so bad that one of the woman's children who saw the incident got sick in school the next day and had to be taken home.
“Tell her everything you saw, Kendall.” “Yeah, baby. Like, I know it's scary cuz your dad Yeah, cuz your dad did it to me and stuff. So, it's okay. Look, we got to help.”
“We got to keep them safe, baby. We got to do what's going to put them in a better situation.” “Then she on her chest and then she got she got really mad and she kept pulling up on her hair cuz she had like a high bun in it.
And she yanked it really hard. She kept punching her in her face. She And then she ran outside on on the front porch. I was like, I got her a cup of water cuz she asked me to. She was just sitting out there crying and I asked if she was okay and if she needed anything.”
“Okay, so she you saw her just keep getting punched by her mom?” “Mhm.”
At this time, the mother in question was away, but her two children, including the 11-year-old victim, were in school.
“and she had a different account when questioned by the police that showed just how much abuse she had suffered from her mother over the years.” “You want to answer me now? Do you know what it's about? You don't know what happened last night? You don't remember?”
“I know that last night.” “And you don't have to be scared. I was going to say we're going to keep you safe like anything.”
“Last night we were just like I was had a attitude and stuff.” “Mhm.” “And I kind of got in trouble cuz I had an attitude. And I was kind of being rude.” “Mhm.
Well, what happened whenever you were rude?”
“Um, I got in trouble and made me do planks.” “Told you to do planks?” “Yeah.” “Okay. And what else happened, babe?”
“After I did plank, she told me to sit down so I could talk to her and stuff.” “Did you do wall sits? Okay. What happened after you did wall sits?” “She told me to come and sit and talk to her and tell her why I had an attitude, and why did I not do my chores when I was told to, and went to my friend's house cuz I thought they told the um since they told the boys they could go, I thought they told all of us, but they actually told just the boys.”
“Mhm.”
“that they could go and play at my friend's, and then when I came back she told me to do wall sits, and then after I did wall sits I had to talk to her, and then she gave me a hug and she told me, "All you have to do is tell me that you didn't know that um the boys went and I didn't, and I got an attitude, so.” “And you misunderstood or whatever she said that. Okay, well I'm going to be completely blunt with you, all right? The situation that happened on the couch, going back to that. After did you accidentally kick her in the chest at some point?”
“Yeah, because I was mad, and then Mom told me to stop and go do planks, so I went to go do planks, and then after I was done with my 20 minutes she told me to come and sit and talk to me, and tell me why you did all that. And I told her, and then she was like, "That's all you had to tell me, and you didn't have to catch an attitude about it.” “You know I know more of the circumstances than that, cuz there were other people that saw what happened, right?
Are you going to get in trouble?”
“It's because I had an attitude. I never really did that before, so.” “No, I didn't just mean about kicking her in the chest, baby. I mean about how you were punished afterwards for your attitude. Is that Are you afraid that your mom's going to get in trouble?”
“Kind of.” “Tell me what happened, or do you remember, Maya?”
“I was crying after cuz I was like got in the I went and did the planks.” “And how did you get in trouble?” “I did the planks.” “Not just the planks, not the wall sits.”
“It's because I got an Mom saw me kick her, she didn't know what to do, so like she grabbed me up and she was like, "You're not going to do that again." And I kind of got whooped.” “And what does get whooped do you.” “Like I kind of like she kind of like popped me and stuff.” “Did she pop you or did she open-hand slap you?
Did she punch you?”
“She like popped me.” “When you're saying you got whooped, what does 'popped' mean to you?” “It's like whenever like like you get like this in the mouth.” “Okay. So other people wouldn't have witnessed something different?”
“Who witnessed anything different?” “Multiple people that were present. I don't want to scare you. I don't want you to be afraid getting in trouble, but I have to talk to your mom too. So that's why it's just easier.
I just tell me what happened.
I don't want you to feel like I'm going to go after your mom or anything like that. I just want you to know you're safe. It's your birthday and you shouldn't have had to really celebrate it like that last night.” “Yeah, but I apologized last night because I was kind of in the wrong cuz I started it first.”
The 11-year-old spoke cautiously and repeatedly blamed herself for the incident, even after officers explained that other witnesses had described more serious conduct. The female officer continued gently, emphasizing that the child was safe and did not need to protect anyone from the truth.
“I'm sure you're a parent too, right?” “Yes.” “I'm a parent also, okay? Sometimes the way we discipline is a little different. Always understandable.
However, closed fist, punching you in the face and in your body and everywhere is not punishment, honey. That's not a form of punishment.