A Long Island nurse was caught on video allegedly picking up a two-day old baby and slamming him face-down into his bassinet.
allegedly picking up a two-day old baby and slamming him face-down into his bassinet.
The infant’s father recorded the incident on his cellphone through the nursery window, the baby’s mother confronted Burke, and the parents notified hospital nursing staff, prosecutors said.“The allegations against this defendant, who is someone entrusted with the care of our most vulnerable citizens, are truly disturbing," District Attorney Raymond A. Tierney said.
“Amanda is an outstanding, exemplary, compassionate nurse who did not and would never do anything to endanger any infant or patient under her care,” he said. “The baby involved was not injured or ever placed in any danger of injury. The District Attorney’s statements are off base and not justified by all the facts that will come out in court.”in February it was divine intervention that he witnessed what happened to his son, Nikko.
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