I guarantee you he has not done that to his kids and I can assure you that will never happen to mine. That's not punishment and you don't have to feel like that or think that way. I know that you're trying to As you should, but I also can't let things like that happen to you. Did it scare you?” “No.
It's just I knew that I was in trouble, so I just walked away and sat down on the porch and just.”
“Can I um can I see your arms and your your legs or anything?” “Those scratches are from my cat.” “Okay. Let me see your other one, baby. Do you have any marks anywhere else on your like stomach or your ribs or anything?
Have you looked today?” “Yeah, I looked and I don't have none.”
“Okay. You may Yeah, I was going to say you mind standing up? Thank you. Just for a second. Can I see Can you just lift your shirt up for me?
Do you have any on your back? Can I see your back, baby? Don't worry, it's just me. I'm just going to say I got I got a little girl. Um can I see your legs, too, babe?
And you checked everywhere?” “Yes.” “Does your head hurt or anything today?” “No.”
“Are you in any kind of pain? But hey, don't stress this kind of thing. We want to keep you safe. That's all I want for you. Do me a favor, too.
Just take off your glasses real quick. I'm going to look at your eyes.”
The 11-year-old did not directly describe the full extent of the alleged assault and did not show obvious injuries during the initial check. But with the statements from her mother's friend and daughter, the officers had enough to locate and arrest the mother.
“Hey, Pauline.” “What Wait, what did.” “Uh-uh. No, no, no. What is going on?”
“Stay in the car for me for just a minute.”
“All right, listen. You're under arrest for child.” “Child.” “Hey, hold on. Let me Can I explain what's going on there first?”
“April is a witness.”
“Can I Hey, can I talk to you really quick? Okay, come over here for me.” “Dude.” “I'm going to explain it to you cuz I'm going to talk to you and I'm going to get your side of the story. I'm going to do this for my safety there and for yours, okay?”
“drugs or anything like that. Like you can check me.”
“No, I know. I was just saying like So They're currently with Protective Services.” “I called the school.” “Yes.” “April had.”
“They're with CPS. They are fine. They are currently with them. You have the right to remain silent. Do you understand any of those rights I already read you?”
“Yes.” “Do you want to talk to me?” “Yes.”
“Okay, so what happened last night?” “Last night it was last night. It was after they got home from school. So me and April I cook, I clean and all that.” “Okay.”
“do that. She's been hanging out with little kids back to birthday. So she's out there yesterday hanging out with these little girls, Addison and all that.
She's been acting like very bad and I was I talked to them first. When I sat there and told her get up, come and talk to me. I was like, "Let me talk to you." They don't like how I discipline my kids. I don't put my hands up No, I did made her do planks.
I did.”
“Okay.” “You know, holding books and then what is it her book bags and stuff like that. While she was doing planks. She was out there wanting to get smart with me again. She When I popped her on her behind, she sat there and kicked me in my chest.
So, I sat there and I whooped her turned around and whooped her behind.” “Okay.
When you say whooped her behind, what happened?” “I I can't show you, but I turned her around and I was like, "Don't you ever" like I turned her Even though she was like fighting to You know how when kids get like So, I'm like, "Oh, hell no." Like you kicked me in my chest so da da da I popped her aggressively and then she was on the floor and I was like, "I should not have to do this.”
“Okay.” “And I was like, "You should be glad you're not a girl on the street." I was like, All I'm saying I should not have to repeat myself and I should not have to tell you stop doing it. She's been, you know, acting out. She's not a bad bad.
When she kicked me in my chest and she knows I have heart problems.” “that.” “Like I whooped her behind. That's all I did.
Her children are not used to it because like seeing that, but her children are used to, you know, their mom calling their dad or whatever, whoever he is to them cuz.”
“She has three different guys.” “But I'm like, "I'm going to whoop when it's time.” “They don't care.” “me. But I've never had this against If you can talk and they will tell you I'm not I'm not a parent.”
The mother continued to describe her actions as discipline rather than acknowledging the witnesses' full account. However, she downplayed the most disturbing parts thinking her daughter wouldn't bring it up, but she didn't account for the other witnesses to the assault.
“At any point in time, did you closed-fist hit her?” “No, it was all this part.” “It was all your just open hand. Did you ever like accidentally like slap her in the face or anything during that?” “No, you can look at it, no, there's not.”
“Okay.” “It was her behind.” “Okay. Well, do me a favor, we're going to step back here over on the other side, okay? Thank you, sir.
All right, just have a seat for me, okay?” “For you guys, what am I being arrested for?”
“Child cuz I have two independent witnesses.” “Who?” “that watched you punch her in the face multiple times.” “I've talked to.”
“Here, but here's the thing, I have two people that are not even related to you that have that, okay?” “And then I bet you it's April, which is a lie.”
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