Day care had kids brawl in ‘Fight Club’ - 2015-09-02 1:53 PM
Day care workers had young kids brawl in ‘Fight Club’ videos
Looks like someone forgot to teach the kids the first rule of Toddler Fight Club
- Two employees of a New Jersey day-care center instigated “Fight Club”-style brawls between the toddlers and shared footage of the pint-sized pugilists on Snapchat, prosecutors said Tuesday.
Erica Kenny, 22, and Chanese White, 28, were criminally charged for allegedly staging tussles between kids ages 4 to 6 at Lightbridge Academy, in Cranford.
The Aug. 13 footage includes group melees and one-on-one battles, just like grown-ups Brad Pitt and Edward Norton in the film about a secret boxing club — which apparently inspired the violence, prosecutors said.
“In the video clips, Kenny can be heard referencing the activity as ‘Fight Club’ — quoting from the book and movie of the same name in encouraging the children to engage each other physically,” according to prosecutors.
Day-care officials copped to the violence but called it an “isolated incident.”
Kenny, a teacher’s aide, and White, a teacher, have both been fired
Prosecutors refused to say how they learned of the alleged bouts, but added that they are continuing to investigate if the battles took place on more than one occasion.
Looks like someone forgot to teach the kids the first rule of Toddler Fight Club