A Chicago mother of two has spoken out after shocking video of her family being violently attacked by a group of children outside a school shocked the nation.
Corshawnda Hatter, 33, says she has been left traumatized by the ordeal, in which she and her son, nine, were also followed and threatened as she tried to protect him from bullies.
‘I can still hear the cries of my kids saying: “Mommy, help me. I’m hurt, I’m scared”,’ Hatter wrote in a post to social media after the incident near Orville T Bright Elementary School.
‘I feel like I failed my kids but also didn’t wanna put my hands on a minor,’ she added.
After mocking her appearance the children backed Hatter into a fence and assaulted her with punches and slaps.
They then dragged the mother to the ground and continued with the beatings, which initially left her in a critical condition.
As Hatter was stomped on, the kids also violently pulled down her son and started to hit him too.
Hatter, who suffers from sickle cell anemia, a condition said that can cause chronic pain and fatigue, said she was ‘so drained and emotional’ after watching her son get slammed to the ground.