Police said Lorkeyla Jamia Spencer, 19, and Brittney Monique Mills, 35, were charged with cruelty to children in the incident, while Jordan Jarrode Richards-Nwankwo, 18, was charged with cruelty to children and battery-family violence.Īll three were booked into the Fulton County Jail on Friday. Our investigators worked hard to identify those involved and to gather the evidence needed to place each behind bars and we are thankful for their work.”Ī police spokesman said it appeared the boy was abused due to his “sexual orientation.” gayemagazine via Instagram “We are appreciative of the number of people who flagged this case with us and for those who provided information on the location where it took place. “The behavior in this social media post was difficult to watch and is absolutely unacceptable,” Atlanta police said in a statement. (From left) Jordan Jarrode Richards-Nwankwo, Lorkeyla Jamia Spencer and Brittney Monique Mills were charged with child abuse. “So why you just say that gay a– s–t?” the man snarls again before shoving the youngster.Ĭops in Atlanta learned of the video the same day it was posted and arrested three people involved in the upsetting incident, police said Friday. The word shaved into his head is clearly visible as the sickening attack continues. The man then smacks Tyler while holding him by the neck. “You think this on the side of your head for no reason?” “You still doing gay s–t,” he tells Tyler in the clip, which was posted by Gaye Magazine on June 17. The footage, posted to Instagram last month, shows a young boy, identified in reports only as Tyler, cowering on the porch of an Atlanta home as he’s berated by a man who makes reference to sexual orientation. Mom, grandmother face murder charges after girl, 9, dies with severe liceĭisturbing video shows a 12-year-old boy with the word “gay” shaved into his hair being verbally and physically abused by three adults. Mexican mob burns, lynches man rumored to be child sex trafficker Woman treated 15-year-old as ‘sexual plaything,’ had baby with him After all, it is the job of the investigative bodies and the court, not of the presidential administration," he said, according to state-owned news agency RIA Novosti.Ohio fugitive arrested by federal agents in fatal beating of 1-year-old boy "It is not the Kremlin's business to recognize the case absurd or to recognize a case noteworthy. His press secretary Dmitry Peskov declined to comment on the case when asked by reporters last week. President Vladimir Putin has repeatedly defended the country's anti-gay legislation as necessary to protect Russia's "traditional values." Russia's gay rights problem 18 photos She said she knew what the show was going to be about and was there while it was recorded. "When I refused, they started intimidating me by saying that my child will be moved into foster care," the woman, who insisted on anonymity, told the website. One of the parents of the children in the video told news website MBK over the weekend that investigators had insisted on questioning her son. There was only positive feedback from the parents and the children involved in the video, she said. She said she didn't expect such a reaction from the authorities while producing the show as there are a lot of similar videos online and the channel wasn't a political project. Even though I am far away from Russia right now, I am very scared," she told CBS News in a telephone interview. The Russian show was launched last December and has featured children interviewing a woman with an eating disorder, an African man, a former porn actress and others.
The video was published by the "Real Talk" channel as part of a series modeled on the American YouTube show "Kids Meet," in which children talk to adults about their life experiences. Russian national Maksim Pankratov is seen in a video posted to YouTube answering questions from children about his life as a gay man in Russia. But several months after it was posted, the video caught the attention of conservative lawmakers in Russia's ruling party, and an investigation was launched. None of the questions or answers included any discussion of sex. In the video, several children between the ages of 7 and 13 ask Maksim Pankratov about his life as a gay man in Russia. Both the man and the producers of the video have gone into hiding since the criminal investigation was announced last week. Moscow - Russian investigators have opened a sexual assault investigation over a YouTube video that simply shows a gay man answering questions from curious children about his life and homosexuality.