A Black child reported to her mother she was hit with a shoe at Destiny Development Center in Inglewood, California. The employee has been terminated but other staff lied in reports saying the child was crying because she fell off her cot.
JUST IN: N.Y. home health aide accused of aggressively slapping a severely disabled child on the back and chest, leaving him with bruises
Bruno Valenzuela, 31, is accused of abusing 5-year-old Maverick while caring for him on Dec. 20
Maverick, who has cerebral palsy and complex medical needs, suffered bruises on his back and chest
He was taken to Stony Brook Hospital, and police opened an investigation
Valenzuela was charged with endangering the welfare of an incompetent/physically disabled person and of a child
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