A mother in Georgia said her 15-year-old son was attacked and beaten with a belt by a white man and the incident was caught on camera, 11 Alive reports.
Latika Sim of Carroll County says her son Maliyk was attacked by an adult male who’s been identified as 29-year-old Matthew Martel by the Villa Rica Police Department.
Home surveillance footage shows Martel running over to the children who were playing in the driveway. He then grabs Maliyk by his neck and shoves him, before going off-camera.
“I was just panicked,” Latika said. “I was just, like, in 2021 I could not believe that a fully grown man would think that it was okay to come outside with a belt. When you see the video, he’s running full speed at my son and my son is caught off guard.”
Latika said that the neighbor came outside while her son was playing basketball with his cousins.
“When you see the video, he is running full speed at him and he’s caught off guard,” she said.
As expected, Malyik was completely stunned by the altercation.
“And he grabbed me with his hands around my neck. He threw me up against a garage and I hit my head,” Malyik said
During the incident, Malyik recalled that he didn’t fight back because he didn’t want to get in trouble.
Latika said that Malyik is more than able to take care of himself but tried to diffuse the situation by leaving the scene. As he attempted to walk away, Martel kept pursuing him.
“My son has played football, he has played every sport, he is fully capable of defending himself. But he knew he could not defend himself. So he walked away. He walked away and still this man is chasing him with a belt. So now I am in a full panic because my kids are unprotected,” Lakita said.
Source: White Man Accused Of Beating Black Child With A Belt In Georgia
