A Tennessee man is facing charges after video surveillance showed him hitting his 6-year-old son. Wilson County deputies were called to a Mt. Juliet home Sunday after the child's mother, Nia Snow, told police she had surveillance video of Dickens striking the boy multiple times.
Snow said the incident began as discipline for the 6-year-old behaving badly at school, but escalated. Deputies watched the surveillance video, taken from the front porch, and witnessed Dickens hitting the boy with an open hand, kicking him in the stomach and shoving him to the ground.
At one point the boy tries to escape to a play room, and Dickens is seen following and hitting him again. Snow secretly called police during the incident and persuaded Dickens to leave the house for groceries as she showed deputies the video. She said she was afraid to confront Dickens because he carries a handgun. Snow said Dickens has abused her in the past and is encouraging victims to speak out, no matter how hard it may be.
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