Man Throws Toddler in Front of Moving Car

[RamboLiberal]

A man who violently shook his toddler and then threw the girl in front of a moving car was arrested by an off-duty Oakland police officer who witnessed the incident and hailed a citizen's vehicle to help chase him down, police said today.

The officer, whose name was not released, was off-duty and on foot when he saw a man yelling in the middle of the 5th Avenue near East 15th Street at about 5:40 p.m .Saturday.

The man then picked up a toddler on the sidewalk, shook her violently and then hurled her into traffic, where she was run over by a vehicle, said Officer Jeff Thomason, Oakland police spokesman.

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The off-duty officer helped remove the child from underneath the car. The child suffered some burns from the engine but miraculously escaped major injury, police said.

Read more: http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2010/07/11/BAC51ECP30.DTL&tsp=1#ixzz0tQVSwnEH

Sick!

[virgogal]

1. Words fail me.

[CaliforniaPeggy]

2. I hope they throw the book at that monster.

I cannot believe how some people treat their children...

Thank goodness the little girl was unhurt.

[stray cat]

3. Glad the off duty officer was there and took action

[Speck Tater]

4. There are times when you just want to cry over the depravity of some supposed human beings. nt

[blaze]

5. Holy crap, the kid survived?????

That kid is destined for something good, I think.

[Gormy Cuss]

8. Yeah, at the very least she's destined for a life away this monster,

or at least I hope that she is.

[GreenPartyVoter]

18. I hope so too!

[Turbineguy]

6. Now this might be one of those situations

where a little police brutality would have been entirely appropriate.

[Beaverhausen]

7. Not just any toddler, his own child

smells like meth or something similar.

Poor baby :cry:

[Canuckistanian]

9. WTF?

What is this? How do human beings turn into fucking monsters?

What is it? :banghead:

[AtomicKitten]

10. Here I thought I was disgusted when someone threw Leo into traffic.

http://cbs5.com/seenon/leo.the.dog.2.597198.html

There is a special place in hell for the father of that child.

[fishwax]

11. wow. what to say to that.

:grr::nuke::grr:

[Fast Dude]

12. I would have shot the SOB on the spot.

You can bet this isn't the first time this poor baby has been abused.

The court will probably slap him on the wrist, then return her to his custody. :mad:

[applegrove]

13. Thank god the monster got caught. Thank god for the police officer.

[Odin2005]

14. Good God...

:cry:

[Lil Missy]

15. Too bad the officer didn't drop him with a shot through the head. n/t

[Tsiyu]

16. kudos to the off-duty cop

Hope that baby will be okay.

Sad to imagine anyone could do that to a child...

[Skip Intro]

17. These Out of Control Cop-PIGS have got to be stopped!!!

The person who's car was stolen by this cop should sue!

:sarcasm:

Hope the girl will be ok, the sick bastard who shook and threw here will never see the light of day again, and the cop gets the recognition he deserves.

[geek tragedy]

19. What a blessing that this child survived relatively unharmed.

There is no punishment too severe for the perp.

[sammytko]

20. did y'all watch the video - no one saw him throw the child

the witness says that it appears the baby ran out into the street and the man went nuts after that happened.

[avaistheone1]

21. Horrific.

What kind of a monster would throw their toddler into traffic?