A mother whose teenage son was jailed for assault after he was filmed slamming a classmate to the ground and stomping on her face claims her boy is the victim.
Horrifying footage shared online shows the moment the unidentified 14-year-old boy confronted the girl, 15, on an East Harlem street corner Monday afternoon.
'I'll knock the s**t out of you right now,' he told the girl as he stopped her in the crosswalk. His friends can be heard in the background encouraging an attack.
The girl tried to walk off and told him to 'get the f**k away from me, p***y,' but he grabbed her from behind, lifted her up and slammed her to the ground.
The boy, his face partially disguised by a mask, then stomped on her head as she lay on the ground. After the brutal assault, he strutted off towards his friends.
It is unclear why he launched the attack, but social media reports suggest he did so after the girl refused to give him her number or be his girlfriend.
Now the boy's mother, Selma Allen, has claimed the assault was a 'retaliation' to the 15-year-old bullying her 'quiet' Christian son.
'She was being a bully to him, that's it,' Allen told The New York Post, alleging the girl 'pushed him' in the lead-up to the attack. The footage circulating online does not depict that alleged moment.
Horrifying footage shared on social media shows the moment the 14-year-old boy slammed his 15-year-old classmate to the ground and stomped on her head
The teenage boy was arrested and charged with assault. He appeared before a judge at the Youth Part of Manhattan court Thursday and was remanded into custody after the hearing
Allen claimed her son had been 'complaining' about the girl prior to Monday afternoon's attack.
'I bring it to the principal's attention but he don't address it. The way my son is being bullied, he doesn't want to go to school,' she said.
The mother alleged her son did not instigate the incident, but said that he will 'lash out' if he is provoked.
She further denied the suggestion that he was upset the victim refused to give him her number, claiming the pair are friends and text frequently.
Both teens attended East Harlem Scholars Academy Charter School.
The victim, a ninth-grade student-athlete, was on her way to squash practice when the boy attacked her.
She was hospitalized for two days after the assault and is now starting to eat and walk again, her family told the newspaper.
After the brutal assault, as the girl laid on the ground in pain, he strutted off towards his friends
Her mother added that the victim will no longer be a student at the charter school because the institution has proven it 'can't keep her safe.'
The teen was arrested and charged with assault.
He appeared before a judge at the Youth Part of Manhattan court Thursday and was remanded into custody after the hearing.
The Daily Mail has approached East Harlem Scholars Academy Charter School for comment.