TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (WCTV) - One woman was arrested and charged with child abuse after allegedly beating a child who had been taken off a school bus for behavior.

According to arrest papers, Arielle Everett arrived on campus to pick up the child after getting a call that he had to be removed from the bus for bad behavior and reportedly beat the child.

Surveillance video showed Everett approaching the child, who “assumed a defensive posture.” Everett reached out to grab the child, who tried to run, before she “took hold of him and appeared to take him down to the concrete sidewalk,” documents say.

While on the ground, Everett appeared to be trying to strike the child.

She was separated from the child by staff, and the child jogged away, arrest papers show.

Police said Everett told them s

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