slabojen is a veteran staff writer for the philadelphia inquirer. over his 30-year career of following court cases, he thought he had seen it all until he watches the footage captured by septa security cameras. she s seen on there making a cell phone call holding it up to her ear. she turns and says something to mr. pickett, and thes but door opens and she exits. the call is to her friends now waiting at her stop. she told them about her confrontation with mr. pickett. and they are armed and ready for action. it looked like at first he was helping her get off, but i noticed when he, like, seemed to grab her, i knew something was wrong. septa security footage captures exactly what s wrong in stunning detail. as she s exiting, another young man is coming toward the bus and she says something to him. from what the prosecutor said,
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 it 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. philadelphia native joe
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. philadelphia native joe slabojen is a veteran staff writer for the philadelphia inquirer. over his 30-year career of following court cases, he thought he had seen it all until he watches the footage captured by septa security cameras. she s seen on there making a cell phone call holding it up to her ear. she turns and says something to mr. pickett, and thes but door mr. pickette and the bus door opens and she exits. the call is to her friends now waiting at her stop. she told them about her confrontation with mr. pickett. and they are armed and ready for action. it looked like at first he was helping her get off, but i noticed when he, like, seemed to grab her, i knew something was wrong. septa security footage
pickett. i got on near seventh and market. as the bus winds it 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. philadelphia native joe slabojen is a veteran staff writer for the philadelphia inquirer. over his 30-year career of