[southern rock]

I'm just not going to jump to conclusions when it comes to parents and their kids. I want more proof. I want to see bruises. I want proof that she wasnt hitting the seat because it wasn't opening or closing right. Just because her arm is moving rapidly, and the child is inthe general vicinity, I'm not going to cast my judgment.

I have to agree. This video is not definative. This could very well have been horse play, and for all we know the mother wasn't making any contact with her "blows" and "shaking". She could have simply been making the little girl laugh. I don't know. Lets see the kid before we hang this woman.

[Paul Atreides]

Yeah, she has to look around to make sure there are no witnesses before she begins "playing" with her own child. The video IS definite. The woman was hitting the girl.

[WatchOutForSnakes]

I'll say the same thing to you that I said to TexasAggie79. If the mother is innocent why is she running. If the child is okay with no bruises all she has to do is produce her. Why is she not doing that?

[GovernmentShrinker]

There seem to be multiple versions of the video, which I think explains the wide range of reactions. I know the police would have seen the fullest available version, and the police and the doctor (apparently advising police) who watchid it seem really panicked about this. So did the security guys who raced out to the parking lot when saw this on camera. Both the security guys and the police have seen lots of possible crimes on video tape, and yet this one provoked an exceptionally strong reaction from them. I'm inclined to trust their judgement, especially since the mother hasn't cared to turn up to show her uninjured child to police and media. Of course, this charming "family" may have delivered a similar beating to the mother, as punishment for drawing attention to them, and/or she may be being held captive by them. Not a pretty situation all around.