Police have received a flood of complaints about the video which shows the father hitting the girl and straddling her neck.
A stock image shows a police car. Police in Gwinnett County are considering pressing charges after the video of the man beating his daughter went viral.The girl, who can be clearly seen, is forced to sit on a single wooden chair with the man and his wife—believed to be the girl's step-mother—hovering over her as they record the footage on a phone.His wife can be heard saying:"Take your hands away from your face.
At one point the teenager runs away but is pulled back into the garage by her father who then pins her to the floor straddling her neck, prompting her to beg him to get off her.In a later video, the father records himself talking to the camera and says by sitting on his daughter, he was just trying to teach her a lesson about personal safety.
He says:"What I was doing by sitting on my daughter's chest was to show her how extremely easy it is for someone else to get control of her." However, police have received a flood of complaints from people who have seen the video and been concerned for the child's welfare.Sgt Jennifer Richter, of Gwinnett County Police, appealed to the man and his wife to come forwards, saying officers haven't been able to contact them yet."We would like to please ask them to reach out to us."
Police say they have spoken to the girl, who is now staying with a guardian, and she is safe and well.
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