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Michigan mom, two others jailed for savagely whipping boy, posting video to Facebook
Demitria Latrion Powell, 28, and two others have been charged with child abuse in Flint after they posted to Facebook a video of themselves savagely whipping Powell's young son, reportedly as punishment for acting like a gang member.
A vicious Michigan mom and two others have been charged with child abuse after they lashed a boy with a belt more than 50 times and posted video of it to Facebook.
Demitria Latrion Powell, 28, the boy's mother, Uteas Michelle Taylor, 42, and Stefon Tirrell Felton, 40, were arraigned Tuesday on several charges, including third-degree child abuse, for the brutal April 3 beating, which has been viewed tens of thousands of times online, local CBS reported.
In the sickening 6-minute clip, the trio, of Flint, scold the school-age boy for acting like a "thug" and savagely whip him on the butt and smack him in the face, while warning him to stay away from gangs.
"Watch this *** whipping this gangster is going to get," Powell says to the camera, as the little boy clutches a dining room chair.
Cops said several other people, including a baby, were in the room during the beating.
aylor is the boy's godmother, and Felton, who shot the video and makes a reference to spending 10 years in jail, is her boyfriend, local CBS reported.
Genesee County prosecutors said the abuse went far beyond an acceptable level of parental discipline and into the realm of criminal assault.
"Near the end of the video, the child was in obvious pain and he was squirming while being struck and still forced to hold onto the arms of the chair," the prosecutor's office said in a statement.
Flint police were contacted by several concerned people who watched the video online.
Cops have since posted a note to the department's Facebook page urging people to stop reposting the video.
Powell was being held in jail on $7,500 bond, while Taylor and Felton's bond was set at $8,500.
Demitria Latrion Powell, 28, and two others have been charged with child abuse in Flint after they posted to Facebook a video of themselves savagely whipping Powell's young son, reportedly as punishment for acting like a gang member.
A vicious Michigan mom and two others have been charged with child abuse after they lashed a boy with a belt more than 50 times and posted video of it to Facebook.
Demitria Latrion Powell, 28, the boy's mother, Uteas Michelle Taylor, 42, and Stefon Tirrell Felton, 40, were arraigned Tuesday on several charges, including third-degree child abuse, for the brutal April 3 beating, which has been viewed tens of thousands of times online, local CBS reported.
In the sickening 6-minute clip, the trio, of Flint, scold the school-age boy for acting like a "thug" and savagely whip him on the butt and smack him in the face, while warning him to stay away from gangs.
"Watch this *** whipping this gangster is going to get," Powell says to the camera, as the little boy clutches a dining room chair.
Cops said several other people, including a baby, were in the room during the beating.
aylor is the boy's godmother, and Felton, who shot the video and makes a reference to spending 10 years in jail, is her boyfriend, local CBS reported.
Genesee County prosecutors said the abuse went far beyond an acceptable level of parental discipline and into the realm of criminal assault.
"Near the end of the video, the child was in obvious pain and he was squirming while being struck and still forced to hold onto the arms of the chair," the prosecutor's office said in a statement.
Flint police were contacted by several concerned people who watched the video online.
Cops have since posted a note to the department's Facebook page urging people to stop reposting the video.
Powell was being held in jail on $7,500 bond, while Taylor and Felton's bond was set at $8,500.
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