Man beats toddler in front of witnesses

I think it is hard to say what someone would do as you do not want to make the situation worse but then at the same time I dont think I would be able to sit and watch it either. Like I said in less I was in that situation I dont know what I would do but if it meant me taking the beating instead I would trade myself for the child as as a grown up surely I would be able to with hold it a little longer than the child.

This is just terriable. What in the world is going on with the people of this world today?How could anyone do this to any child, that is beyond me. I can just imigine what was going on in this little innocent childs mind, when these awful things were being done to him. Yes, I would have got out of my car and done whatever I could to help this child.I would have taken a tire iron or anything I could find at the time to get this crazy man off this child, he was in no possition to defend hisself.

That is awful. If I saw something like this, I may try to hit the man with my car to get him away fromt he child if I could. I don't know of anything that I could do myself other than get out of the car and go and take a chance on getting him off of the child myself. I may be too scared and small to do that.

That is a sad story.I would do anything to stop that from going on,To any one.Hope that guy lives so he can get big jail time.

Reading that story has my body tingling with fear/anger. I can not imagine how that poor baby felt as this man viciously attacked him. You ask if I would get the tire iron hell I would get anything that was available and take the chances of getting hurt/ or arrested. I believe at that point my mind would not be thinkin of what trouble I would get in but it would be thinkin this SOB. I do not know if I would have the control over myself not to kill him.

i really don't know how to react!but beating a kid in public or even in private that much is not good...you can beat a child for discipline once on the butt and talking to him for the reason is enough..but to beat the kid so many times is bad...

I hadn't heard this on the news yet. How absolutely horrible! Thank heavens that some passersby tried to help, certainly they knew that he might try and beat them too for interfering. Yes, I definitely would try and stop somebody who was doing this to a poor defenseless child. I'd dial 911 and do anything I could to get that child away even if I got hurt in the process. It is heartening to know that there are still people who are willing to help in instances like that. That poor child is in my prayers and thoughts today. I'll have to see if I can find something on the internet about how the poor little tyke's doing.

That is a touching situation. I would definitely try to stop the abuse. Most likely with physical force. Obviously, with all the violence today, people are hesitant to get involved. A child is defenseless and therefore, we should step in.

A toddler is so innocent and no matter what wrong they have done, it could never have been bad enough to deserve a beating such as this toddler received. I hope the child is okay.

Hi deebomb, I think my first reaction would be to call the police. It is usually impossible to stop a madman, and to attack him with something might only make things worse. The only hope would probably be for several people to overpower him. Of couse it would be very difficult to watch someone harm a child like that, but when we act out of anger, we often do the wrong thing. Blessings.

It's hard to say but I would definitely not ignore it. I'd probably yell at them, screaming, freaking out and then try to get others to stop him and call the cops on my cell phone. This is horrible. I hope he goes to prison forever, no child deserves that. Some people just make me sick.

If I saw a man beating and stomping his toddler, I would first call the police. But if need be, I would definitely take a tire iron to thins man and beat him until he was off the child and on the ground..where police could pick him up off of later to take him to jail! Kids are innocent. NO toddler should be treated in this manner. I would protect the toddler. Nothing makes me madder than seeing a person/parent hitting a kid in a store or public place. I call the police!

I heard about this on the news. As a mother to 2 small children, this really boils my blood. I would have done ANYTHING to stop this bastage, even plowing him down with my truck if I have to. And I will if I ever see anybody hurt a defensless child.. While I feel horrible about this, I cannot even fathom the emotions the child's mother is going through right now that her little child has been ripped from her. I pray for this poor mother. My heart goes out to her and her family.. Lighting candles for the child.

I would do whatever I could to possibly help. I just hate it when some people just stand by and watch. Recently I saw on the news where an elderly gentleman was run down by a hit and run driver. People walked by him, even drove around him, but no one helped him. It was caught on tape. Whats happened to our world? What happened to compassion?

Hubby and I saw this in the newspaper and I just did a search on CNN online and found out about it. I did a search to see if someone had started a discussion and couldn't find yours until I started a discussion about this. Sorry about the duplicate. This is truly horrendous!

Sure i will not think twice bout it...i just cant bear when a man imposes his power on weaker ones especially kids and women...i just cant stand it....

people like that disgust me. That toddler was defenceless. No matter if they had done something wrong, they certainly didn't deserve to be treated like that. If i had of seen it, I would have gone into super mum mode and gotten the toddler away from him. Never under estimate the strength of a woman who has kids of her own that she would protect with her own life if need be. I hope the man gets the punishment he deserves and that the toddler is ok.

That is a horrible story. I could not imagine being a witness to such brutality. I would like to think I would have done what ever I could have to try to get him to stop including a tire iron. My heart goes out to that poor child.

I read this story in the newspaper this morning when I woke up and was brought to tears! I'm currently pregnant (due any day now) with our first child and had to read the story to my fiance while he got ready for work. I simply cannot comprehend the motives for a grown adult man to do such a thing to a small defenseless child. From what I read in the story, the child was only about 1 or 2 years old and was beaten so severely, it will need DNA testing to get an ID. This was a horrible story. I also do not understand how the witnesses were not able to stop this man from this act. I am not a big strong person but I would have used whatever I could to get this man to stop even if it meant using the tire iron you mentioned in your post. What is going on in this world?

I believe all persons in their right mind with any kind of values would and should sacrifice themselves for the life of an inocent child being abused. I most certainly would breakout the tire iron or whatever was handy to render this evil man incapable of doing further harm. The only thing I didn't understand was why "several" passerbys couldn't stop this maniac....