Warning: This article contains disturbing descriptions of violence.Atlanta Police have arrested three people in relation to a video broadcast on Instagram Live last month showing a 12-year-old boy being physically and verbally assaulted, including with the word “gay” shaved into his hair.11 Alive News reported the video first appeared on Instagram June 17.
In it, adults slap and beat the boy identified only as “Tyler” while also yelling verbal insults at him. The word “gay” appears shaved into his hair as part of the humiliation.
Not long after, the Georgia Division of Family and Children Services (DFCS) stepped in to remove the youth from the home and place him in foster care.APD announced on Saturday the arrests of 35-year-old Brittney.