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An apartment manager in Greensboro, North Carolina, has been arrested after allegedly assaulting two Black children.
According to The Root, property manager Kimberly Jennings, who is white, is facing two counts of simple assault on a child under 12 following an incident last week at Sedgefield Gardens Apartments.
11-year-old Jace Eury said he and his sister, Jayla, were playing at the apartment's pool when Jennings struck the young girl. In defense of his sister, Jace said he splashed Jennings with water. “When I was walking up the stairs to get to the gate, they were asking if I hit her because she had hit my sister first. So I hit her after she hit my sister,” Jace said. “Then she poured Coke on me and hit me with the bottle twice.”
Video of the incident shows a white woman pouring a drink on a Black child before hitting them with the bottle.
According to reports, Jennings was arrested the following day and was taken to Guilford County Jail. The children's mother, Jae Eury, is seeking for Jennings to be terminated and is considering filing a lawsuit.
“What she did to him, if I put one finger on her, I am the one that’s going to be in trouble. And that’s just not cool. You hit my child, you hit both of my children. You’ve been harassing my children all summer long and all they wanted to do was just swim in the heat. Just swim, enjoy themselves as children should,” the mother said.
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