Black Boy Gay Bashed on Video by His Family

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    Police: Boy removed from home after disturbing video circulates on social media

    ATLANTA — Atlanta Police have confirmed an investigation into a viral video showing a 12-year-old boy slapped and verbally assaulted.

    The video, recorded from an Instagram Live on June 17, appears to show the young boy being struck by members of his family. It also appears to show the word gay cut on the side of his head with clippers, supposedly as a punishment.

    “It popped up on my social media on Friday and when I saw it my heart was broken because I saw a piece of myself in that," said activist and city council candidate Devin Barrington-Ward.

    The child's home is located in District 9, the district Barrington-Ward hopes to represent. So, he reached out to the young boy and his mother, not for politics, but because he saw a piece of himself in the young boy.

    “As a Black queer man, I have experienced some of the same homophobia and some of the same abuse by the hands of people that I love as a child,” he said.

    The video shows the child, repeatedly hit in the head, as he is threatened with more violence. The word gay shaved onto his head as a punishment.

    Barrington-Ward said he couldn’t stand by and do nothing.

    “If you saw that and you didn’t see anything wrong with that, you’re part of the problem,” he said.

    So he reached out to the family to talk, with the help of Hope Giselle, a Black trans community organizer, and advocate based in Miami.

    “About what had took place, about some of the challenges that she’s had as a single mother of eight and about some of the challenges raising a young Black queer child in poverty,” Barrington-Ward said.

    “He expressed appreciation for the support but also made it clear that he wasn’t happy with what happened to him,” he added.

    Atlanta Police confirm the young boy was removed from the home the day after the video and was placed in the care of the Georgia Division of Family and Children Services (DFCS).

    Barrington-Ward said he doesn’t want to see a family torn apart but doesn’t want a young child experiencing violence or hate.

    “What I told him on the patio at his home is that you’re loved, we care for you, we got your back,” he said. “I apologized because we didn’t create enough safe spaces to prevent this from happening.”

    The activist said the boy was emotionally stressed both from the experience and the idea of being removed from his home.

    It’s why Barrington-Ward went to the home and plans to remain in touch with him.

    “So that he could see a version of himself in the future; so that, that it does get better and that it’s important to fight for your survival because there is a future for you,” he said.

    Barrington-Ward and Giselle created two fundraisers for the boy: an online fundraiser and an upcoming drag show that will take place this Thursday.

    The goal is to help raise money for the young boy and also to have a panel discussion on violence and homophobia. The drag show fundraiser and panel discussion take place on Thursday, June 24, at My Sister's Room in Midtown from 6 p.m. to 9 p.m.

    It remains unclear if the young boy will remain in the permanent custody of DFCS.

     
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    I was thinking, "wait...he is a child, so the money raised is gonna go to his abusers right?"

    Answer:
    "This account will serve as a resource for Tyler to access funding for clothing, shoes, basic needs and will be under the supervision of both Hope Giselle, Founder of The AllowMe Movement and Devin Barrington-Ward District 9 candidate. The funds will be release as needed and requested by Tyler and fully turned over to the legal guardian as chosen by the courts after the initial hearing. "

    But then I thought, wait a minute... no charges of child abuse for those involved with abusing him????
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