Another mother charged with attacking young child

By adamg on Wed, 08/10/2011 - 9:02am

A woman will be arraigned today on charges she shook her 3-year-old daughter violently, then pushed her to the ground.

Yan Zhu, 44, is scheduled for arraignment in Boston Municipal Court for assault and battery for an incident yesterday morning at a Silver Line bus stop near Tufts Medical Center, according to the Suffolk County District Attorney's office.

Witnesses who spotted the attack called 911 and told a Silver Line bus driver, the DA's office says.

Last week:
Mother charged with punching infant son in the mouth on a T bus

Innocent, etc.

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Comments

Pendulums

By anon on Wed, 08/10/2011 - 10:00am.

Now that all men are treated as suspected child molesters, perhaps we'll also start treating all mothers like suspected child batterers.

That's a pretty

By Kathode on Wed, 08/10/2011 - 11:08am.

preposterous generalization, either way.

Challenge

By anon on Wed, 08/10/2011 - 1:55pm.

Dress up as a male and go sit next to a park playground area. Smile, because seeing and hearing children playing happily brightens your day. I give you no more than 10 minutes before someone approaches you to demand what they hell you're doing there, you creep, they're calling the cops. Even adamg was confronted, IIRC.

Now you can go back the next week, and yell at the mothers, "Don't you hit that child! ... Are you beating that kid? ... How'd he get that scrape on his knee, you monster! ..."

Societal progress marches on.

Released on personal recognizance

By adamg on Wed, 08/10/2011 - 6:22pm.

Boston Municipal Court Judge Raymond Dougan, Jr., released Zhu on her own recognizance today, according to the Suffolk County District Attorney's office, which reports Dougan declined to order Zhu to abide by any instructions from the state Department of Children and Families or to order her to check in with Probation until her case is resolved. Dougan did order Zhu not to abuse her daughter.

According to the DA's office:

MBTA Transit Police officers responded to the area of Washington and West Brookline streets yesterday for a report of a woman abusing a child. Multiple witnesses told police that Zhu was "severely abusing" the girl. One of those witnesses described the child as trying to hug Zhu's leg, prompting Zhu to pick her up by one arm and one leg and violently shake her before throwing her to the ground. One witness called 911; another told a bus driver what had happened.

Doctors at Tufts Medical Center at first thought the girl had what appeared to be bruising on her shoulder and back, but discovered she has "Mongolian spots," birthmarks that can mimic bruises, the DA's office says.