Video shows school employee hit 3-year-old nonverbal autistic child in head [View all]

The parents of a 3-year-old nonverbal autistic child released video that appears to show a school employee hitting their son in the head and then carrying him upside down by both ankles.

The 17-second video, which Taneshia Lindsay shared on her Facebook page, shows security footage from the hallway of Rosa Parks Early Learning Center in Dayton, Ohio on Aug. 21. She and the child's father, Robert Tootle, accused administrators of downplaying the incident and failing to release the full video.

Lindsay said she was initially told by a school administrator that her son, Braylen, had been "swatted" by a school employee. But security video from inside the school painted a completely different picture, she said at a news conference Wednesday.

The employee has also since resigned after being placed on administrative leave, Interim Superintendent David Lawrence said.

In the short video, Braylen is seen running down a hallway. The school employee chases after the child and then appears to strike him in the head, causing him to fall, the video shows. The employee then appears to carry Braylen upside down by his ankles.

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All these behaviors constitute assault on this nonverbal child. Go look at his picture. He's adorable.