that sunny spring day, he s in for a shock. captured on his bus equipped with eight security cameras. it all starts when this young mother and her 2-year-old son get on the route 47 bus and run into another passenger, lafanus pickett. i got on near seventh and market. as the bus winds its way through the philadelphia streets, pickett notices the little boy. he was running up and down the aisle. pickett says he hears the mom tell her son to sit down. and she begins spanking him like he was some sort of animal. pickett leans forward and reprimands the young mom and i said, he s a child. let him be a child. you shouldn t be spanking him like that. if you continue to do it, i m going to turn you in for child endangerment. she was like, you don t know me. this is my son. i will deal with him any way i choose to.
captured on his bus equipped with eight security cameras. it all starts when this young mother and her 2-year-old son get on the route 47 bus and run into another passenger, lafanus pickett. i got on near seventh and market. as the bus winds its way through the philadelphia streets, pickett notices the little boy. he was running up and down the aisle. pickett says he hears the mom tell her son to sit down. and she begins spanking him like he was some sort of animal. pickett leans forward and reprimands the young mom i said, he s a child. let him be a child. you shouldn t be spanking him like that. if you continue to do it, i m going to turn you in for child endangerment. she was like, you don t know me. this is my son. i will deal with him any way i choose to. for whatever reason, he
pickett. i got on near seventh and market. as the bus winds its way through the philadelphia streets, pickett notices the little boy. he was running up and down the aisle. pickett says he hears the mom tell her son to sit down. and she begins spanking him like he was some sort of animal. pickett leans forward and reprimands the young mom and i said, he s a child. let him be a child. you shouldn t be spanking him like that. if you continue to do it, i m going to turn you in for child endangerment. she was like, you don t know me. this is my son. i will deal with him any way i choose to. for whatever reason, he offers his unsolicited parenting advice, saying he s just a little boy, that s child abuse. philadelphia native joe slabojen is a veteran staff writer for the philadelphia inquirer. over the course of his 30-year career covering court cases, he
with eight security cameras, it all starts when this young mother and her 2-year-old son get on the route 47 bus and run into another passenger, lafanus pickett. i got on near seventh and market. as the bus winds its way through the philadelphia streets, pickett notices the little boy. he was running up and down the aisle. pickett hears her mom tell the young boy to sit down. and she begins spanking him like he was some sort of animal. pickett leans forward and reprimands the young mom and said, he s a child, let him be a child. you shouldn t be spanking him like that. if he continues to do that, i m going to turn you in for child endangerment. she was like, you don t know me. this is my son. i will deal with him any way i choose to. for whatever reason he offers his unsolicited parenting advice and he s just a little boy, that s child abuse.
sunny spring day, he s in for a shock, captured on a bus equipped with eight security cameras. it all starts when this mother and her young son get on a bus and run into another passenger. as the bus winds its way through the philadelphia streets, picket notices the little boy. he was running up and down the aisle. picket says he hears the mom tell her son to sit down. and she began spanking him like he was some kind of animal. picket leans forward and reprimands the mom. i said he s a child, let him be a child. you shouldn t be spanking him like that. if you continue to do that, i m going to turn you in nor child endangerment. she was like you don t know me. this is my son. ly deal with him any way i choose to. for whatever reason, he offers his unsolicited parenting