Monday, July 16, 2012

More children are abused and another government agency does NOTHING to protect them! This kind of abuse seems to becoming normal and acceptable practice used by many school staff.

Video Claims To Show Abuse At Private Oakland School

July 5, 2012

Please click on the link below to watch the news video and read the full article.

http://sanfrancisco.cbslocal.com/2012/07/05/video-claims-to-show-abuse-at-private-oakland-school/

OAKLAND (CBS 5) — A private school in Oakland that sends students to panhandling at BART stations faces abuse allegations, after video from a former student surfaces.

Former students said the long hours they spent out on the street are just part of the picture, because much more went on behind the scenes.

CBS 5 obtained cell phone video that shows a child’s head being smashed against a car window. The video appears to show a teacher at Saint Andrew Missionary Baptist School beating a student, who is also her own child.

Former student Aaliyah Carney said she shot the video three years ago. “Her head was just like going boom boom boom,” Carney told CBS 5.

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