A man believed to be 53-years-old is facing assault charges for attacking a 14-year-old boy at a skate park.
Video footage captured at the scene shows the man strangling the boy, dragging him by the leg, and throwing punches as other young men attempted to pull the man away.
“It will be alleged that around 3.20pm on March 3, a man assaulted a 14-year-old boy at a skate park on Glen Affric Street in The Gap,” the police said.
“I'll back him 100 percent ... as a parent we are our children’s protectors...don’t back down parents...everyone get behind this wonderful father,” commented John in the same posting, but other commenters were less agreeable to the man’s actions.
“Did any of you people hear the words ‘alleged bully?’ I don’t know the full story here so I'll only comment on the video. Grown man yells at 14-year-old boy then proceeds to choke the child, then he punches and kicks that child after being dragged off, this is adult male attacking a child in a public place. No matter what that boy is alleged to have done, the mans actions are criminal,” commented Leo.
