‘That’s my daughter, I can do what I want’: Mom slammed 5-year-old’s head into fence, ‘grabbed her by the throat’ in front of crowd, police say

A 34-year-old Georgia mother was arrested over the weekend after allegedly physically abusing her 5-year-old daughter at a crowded festival, claiming she could do whatever she wanted because the victim was her child.

Jordyn Kahanamoku Whitlaw was charged with one count of second-degree cruelty to children, records show.

According to an incident report obtained by Law&Crime, deputies with the Columbia County Sheriff’s Office were working at a Mardi Gras festival event at the Evans Towne Center Park when they were approached by a witness who told them “a woman was abusing a juvenile girl at the playground area.”…

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