Babysitter beats 11 month old like rag doll out of anger at parents - caught on tape

[Liberal_in_LA]

very disturbing video. babysitter went totally off on the kid. video at link. Kids sure are resilient

Best Video of event: http://www.news4jax.com/video/22881971/index.html

http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2010/03/20/earlyshow/saturday/main6317454.shtml

full video: http://www.news4jax.com/video/22881088/index.html

JACKSONVILLE, Fla., March 20, 2010

Cops: Sitter Caught on Tape Abusing Infant

Police in Jacksonville, Fla. Say Jeannine Campbell Is Seen Throwing, Swatting, Slapping 11-Month-Old

Woman identified by police as Jeannine Campbell, of Jacksonville, Fla., is seen on video authorities say was secretly recorded by parents of 11-month-old boy allegedly abusing him

A Jacksonville, Fla. babysitter police say was caught on camera swatting, throwing, slapping and kicking an eleven month old boy told an investigator she did it out of anger at his parents, according to an arrest report cited by The Florida Time-Union.

Jeannine Marie Campbell, 53, has been charged with battery on a child. She was arrested earlier this week and remains jailed on $75,000 bail.

Authorities say the boy's parents, whose names weren't disclosed, have two children. They told police they noticed a black eye on one of the two about eight weeks ago, and Campbell couldn't explain what happened, so they installed a hidden camera.

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Police reviewed the video and saw the child picked up and slung into a playpen, hit in the head with a ball, slapped, hit with a towel, swatted 11 times and kicked, the arrest report said.

"Throughout the video, Ms. Campbell's demeanor appeared very angry, and it was obvious that she was abusing the child and not playing with him," one officer wrote in the report.

[Sultana]

1. ....

:wtf: :wow:

Thank God for the hidden camera. That poor bb :(

[TransitJohn]

43. delete

wrong place to reply

[The Northerner]

2. Yikes

Just seeing the first few seconds of her handling the child somewhat makes me want to generalize & feel uncomfortable about hiring any babysitters.

[Liberal_in_LA]

3. starting about 6:30 on the longer video, she goes off on the kids, beats him with objects and such.

she wants to kill him!

[Regret My New Name]

5. How could an 11-month-old get someone that angry?

I wonder how that lady functions in the world...

[Liberal_in_LA]

7. She said she was angry at the parents

[Regret My New Name]

13. Always easier to fight the defenseless

Although, I'm sure if I buy that. How many of us have wanted to beat up a kid/baby because their parents angered us?

[sandnsea]

19. She threw stuff at that baby

That is just unreal. What a psycho.

[ScreamingMeemie]

24. And she smacked him on the head and knocked him over.

:(

[Liberal_in_LA]

25. and kicked him for good measure!

:mad:

[ScreamingMeemie]

27. I am surprised the parents kept calm enough to let the police handle it.

[Liberal_in_LA]

30. mom didn't watch the whole video, was too upset

[ScreamingMeemie]

38. When I saw that little guy still trying to play with that ball, after

all the manhandling, it killed me. That and when his little arm when up in defense when she came stomping into the room to knock him over. I swear to God it was like he played dead after that. I cannot, and never will be able to, imagine the kind of rage it takes to do that to an infant.

[Regret My New Name]

4. What the hell?

How can someone do that?

[Hawkowl]

6. Reminds me of my mother

Really. Used to watch her do that to my siblings.

[Liberal_in_LA]

8. how awful!

[ScreamingMeemie]

9. That is horrible to watch.

If I had a "feeling" about the caregiver I placed my helpless child with I wouldn't get a video tape, I would get another babysitter. It hurts me to think that that child was used because the parents had a feeling something was up.

[Liberal_in_LA]

The parents put the cam in because of a black eye 2 months BEFORE! Kid was probably beaten daily

during those months while the parent's gathered evidence. AWFUL!

[Fleshdancer]

26. um, WTF???

If your baby is fine when you leave and the has a black eye when you come back home, then authorities need to be called and the babysitter should no longer be employed.

:wow:

[Liberal_in_LA]

29. They don't show the parents but the father sounds young from the voice... maybe too young to

know better?

[Fleshdancer]

32. and to be fair....

first time parents question EVERYTHING. For all I know, they rationalized the scenario as their boy rubbing his eye too hard.

I think it's easier questioning the possible actions and/or intentions of someone you don't know than the people you do know...especially the person you trust your baby to. What sucks is my assumption that they won't be able to trust anyone else with their child after this. For good reason obviously, but it still sucks.

[Liberal_in_LA]

33. agreed. and hard to imagine a 53 old woman going WWF on a baby.

[exboyfil]

41. Sometimes babysitters do absolutely nothing wrong and kids

still get hurt.

My wife and I were going to my class reunion about 10 years ago when my girls were 4 and 2. We had no family in the area so I contacted a local daycare to set up a sitter (a very nice lady who runs the daycare). As we were driving away the lady who had are girls in her car came out of the car and flagged us down. It turns out that our older daughter had hit our younger one with the seat belt buckle causing a laceration and some bleeding. If we had been even a few minutes later, then what would have been our opinion? Fortunately a bandaid fixed the problem and the kids seemed to have a good time with her children.

We rarely left our children with sitters when they were younger. We lived about four years in a town where we had no family, and we just hated getting sitters. Once we moved back to my wife's hometown, then we were more comfortable because we had her parents to watch our girls. Now they can watch themselves.

Needless to say if I suspected a sitter, that individual would never be sitting my children again. I am not going to play detective with my childrens' safety. A nanny cam would be extra security, but as a proactive approach and not a reactive one.

[Maru Kitteh]

10. I would have no objection to seeing this woman locked up forever.

[Mind_your_head]

11. I just can't read this crap anymore......it must be VERY DIFFICULT

to be a police officer and be a first responder to this sort of thing....this 'sort of thing' is (hopefully/probably) RARE, yet the these WORST stories always 'make it' onto the DU. What's with THAT?

Is 'someone'(?) trying to 'break the hearts' of Democrats (and other empaths)? Our hearts are already 'broken'.

We have witnessed and lived through cruelty our ownselves.

[Joe the Liberal]

12. Ugh I only saw the 2-3 secs they showed in the first clip and it made me cringe.....

I don't think I could stomach the second one, absolutely horrible what happened to those children, I hope they are alright.

[Fleshdancer]

14. Disclaimer: I don't have the stomach to click on the links

Reading what the OP has posted is sad enough. My heart goes out to this family and I hope this baby boy recovers from his injuries.

I remember when my daughter was a baby and my husband and I had the "nanny cam" conversation. While we never did buy one (we had no life back then unfortunately), we had an interesting debate over how we would use the camera hypothetically. He liked the idea of keeping it a secret and watching it after, but I argued that a babysitter should always be told that several cameras were set up around the house in hidden locations to keep them paranoid...even if there were no cameras. I'm a bit twisted that way I guess.

[ScreamingMeemie]

17. Your idea could have possibly saved a child from harm.

Letting a babysitter know they are being watched could possibly keep them from hurting the child. Hiding a camera gives one the evidence, but at what price?

[Fleshdancer]

22. That was my argument...

What's the ultimate goal as a parent? To play the game of "gotcha" with someone who might be abusing your child or to do your best to make sure it never gets to that point to begin with? Unfortunately I believe these nanny cams are marketed for the "gotcha" scenario instead of prevention.

I feel like an asshole for saying this only because I DO NOT want to come across as blaming the parents in this situation because I absolutely do not blame them. They are now living a hell right now that they do not deserve. My heart goes out to them.

[ScreamingMeemie]

23. I know...I was very careful in what I wrote on this too.

I don't think people really want to believe this could happen, hence the putting up a camera. I cannot imagine what that must have felt like to watch for the parents, if I was in tears watching it myself.

[polly7]

15. Wow. I can't imagine how the parents must have felt watching that

video. Just sickening. That poor little guy, crawling away trying to hide in the corner of the couches after being beaten by that psycho. I hope he's too young to remember this.

Evil b*, lock her up and throw away the key. She's a waste of free air.

[Emit]

16. I hope they took that poor baby to the doctor and had the baby checked from head to toe

he could have fractures with the way she abused him. This is just sick and very hard to watch.

[Liberal_in_LA]

21. "Officials said the child was not seriously hurt."

http://www.cfnews13.com/News/Local/2010/3/20/police_babysitter_caught_on_tape_abusing_boy.html

[aikoaiko]

18. It amazes, saddens, and enrages me to learn what people do to children.

Lots of jail time for this baby sitter.

[Quantess]

20. What a complete bitch!

She has been taking care of other people's children for 35 years, taught sunday school, and was a churchgoer, too.

[upi402]

28. from church?

wow, glad the dad didn't see it until after the freak was gone (kind of)

[Liberal_in_LA]

31. and from Florida. Lots of bad stuff happens in Florida.

[Fleshdancer]

34. obligatory post reminding everyone that this didn't happen in Texas

Hey, after the whole TX school board embarrassment, we'll take what we can get. :(

[Liberal_in_LA]

35. didn't happen in California either.

[upi402]

36. noted

"whew" eh?
I knew a former social worker from Florida under Janet Reno as AG at the time. I heard it was a looney fest and very bad for kids - in the name of the children.

[Lilyeye]

37. They need to throw the book at this sick bitch.

Anyone who would harm an innocent child doesn't deserve to walk the streets.

[bobburgster]

39. Won't watch the video.

I'm pissed just reading about it.

[Fleshdancer]

40. same here

The OP did a great job of giving me enough info without me having to click on the links that I honestly don't think I can handle.

[bobburgster]

45. Yup,...

there's enough disheartening graphics out there....certainly do not want to go looking for more.

[dems_rightnow]

42. Anti-violence....

But not completely sure I could maintain that if I were alone with this woman.

[TransitJohn]

44. What, no one calling to kill her yet?

Is the bloodlust reserved for only pedophiles?

[Odin2005]

46. Ugh, I hope that kid doesn't end up with Shaken Baby Syndrome.

An abusive babysitter is what give my friend Cerebral Palsy. :(