A cell phone video of a mom attacking her daughter’s supposed bully in a middle school parking lot has led to her arrest.
Irisdaly Rios, 35, was charged with battery for attacking 12-year-old Ashley Perez in the Hialeah Middle School parking lot, in Florida.
“This girl bullies my daughter every day,” Rios said about the attack in which she slapped and punched Perez leaving the middle school student with bruises.
An eighth grader, who recorded the fight, says the incident started as an argument between the two sixth grade girls after school. The argument escalated when Rios approached Perez, and he caught the fight between the mom and the girl on camera.
Witnesses told police, Rios got out of her car and started saying she was going to hit Perez. Rio then held on to the girl’s arm before swinging. The adult and the middle school student then traded punches until, as seen in the video, another parent intervened.
Perez admitted that she and Rios’ daughter had argued in the past, but never got physical. She approached Rios’ car because she believed the mother was going to assist in resolving the issues between the classmates.
“I’ve got scratches on my back, my teeth is broken, and my head started hurting a lot,” Perez said to NBC Miami.
Perez defended herself against the attack, leaving scratches on the mom’s arm and neck.
“Everyone has to know what’s happening in school,” said Marianne Blanco, mother of the eight grader who shot the video. “We have to project love and safety for the kids. We can’t project violence. They have enough violence in video games, TV shows. They don’t need that,” said Blanco.
Hialeah Police spokesman Carl Zogby said, “Everybody loses here. We’d rather people go to the proper authorities if there’s bullying going on. Go to your school. Call the police before it gets to this point.”