Three people have been charged in Atlanta in relation to a viral Instagram video that depicted a child with the word ‘gay’ shaved into the side of his head being hit and pushed.
The video, preserved online by the Atlanta-based Black LGBTQ publication Gaye Magazine, shows the young boy seemingly being struck by an adult on the side of his head, pushing him while making statements like ‘you still doing gay s***.
Atlanta Police Department said that it had charged 19-year-old Lorkeyla Jamia Spencer and 35-year-old Brittney Monique Mills with cruelty to children, and 18-year-old Jordan Jarrode Richards-Nwankwo with cruelty to children and family violence battery.
