Corshawnda Hatter is reportedly relocating to a new home, just days after a group of school-aged kids jumped her and her son. The Chicago mom was walking home after picking up her nine-year-old and her daughter from Orville Bright Elementary School. Suddenly, a group of kids surrounded them. They taunted and used nasty language at Corshawnda Hatter before finally laying hands on the 33-year-old and her children. Amid speaking about the assault, the Chicago mom revealed plans to file charges. Meanwhile, the Chicago community has rallied to get the family a new address and school.
Chicago Mom Wants To Press Charges
As previously reported, Corshawnda Hatter and her two children were assaulted on Monday. By Tuesday, she had met with the police at Orville. She had also received treatment at a hospital for her injuries from the attack. More than 10 children taunted the mother with comments about her appearance as she held her nine-year-old son and six-year-old daughter. Eventually, the group of Chicago kids took turns punching, kicking, and pulling the hair of the mom and her son. Her daughter, whose hair had been pulled too, stood nearby as her mom and brother got dragged, thrown to the sidewalk and grass, and stomped out.
In the hospital, she expressed in a social media video that her son is friendly and not a fighter. Since then, Corshawnda Hatter and Devon Lee, her partner and father of her children, spoke to CBS News. Hatter told the outlet earlier this week that her legs are bruised, and that she feels pain when she walks. Devon said the mom suffers from sickle cell disease, which includes symptoms that the school-aged kids picked on. Still, Lee said the kids involved in the assault had “…no right to put their hands on an adult.”
Physical pain aside, Corshawnda said her son is “very devastated,” and wakes up from his sleep screaming and calling for her.
“I felt helpless, because I was down on the ground, and he was down on the ground, and he’s looking at me, screaming, like, ‘Mommy, please help me. Help me.’ I couldn’t get up myself. I couldn’t do nothing,” the Chicago mom said.
For two years before attack, Corshawnda said she had warned the school about other kids bullying her son about how she walks and talks. Still, Orville Bright Elementary School did nothing, she told ABC7 Chicago.
“For two years, and they have not done a thing,” the mom said. “They see me coming they will run or tell security to tell me they are not here.”
Moving forward, Hatter told CBS of getting her kids therapy, transferring them to a different school and holding the underage assailants and their parents account. She told CBS she plans to press charges against the parents involved. Lee is on board with justice, per ABC7.
“I want justice. I want the school to be responsible, the parents and the kids that were doing all that mess,” the dad said, adding that he too is experiencing trauma on account of the viral video.
Chicagoans Step Up After Family Assault By Minors
In addition to changing schools, Hatter confirmed that the community rallied to help change her address. The mom and her kids are reportedly moving out of South Deering neighborhood in Chicago into an unknown location. She told NBC Chicago earlier this week she hoped to be moved in by Thursday (November 20).
Also, Dyon Brooks, a comedian from the area, donated $5,000 to the family for moving expenses. He spoke out against the “sad” and “sick” video, saying he’s never seen anything like it, per NBC News.
“Let’s come together Chicago. We’re so much better than this and the way we’re rallying around to get behind her and the family—I think it’s very admirable,” Brooks said. “I’m happy to see us coming together, but I don’t want us to have to come together for just in these types of situations—let’s come together before it even gets this far.”
RapperLil Zay Osama, also from the Southside Chicago, volunteered online to get Corshawnda Hatter, and her two kids to Los Angeles for a holiday shopping spree. He said he wants to talk to them so they “don’t feel alone,” and “know they’re protected.”
Jaleel Anthony, founder of Bosses University, said his organization has been in contact with the Chicago mom, and is collecting items, from clothes to toys for the family. Anthony reportedly coordinated withLiving Fresh Market in Forest Park to set up a donation box for the family.
Rapper Dreezy aslo shared a strong message against the violent viral video.
Were THESE Kids Really Involved?
As of Friday, there’s no word from local police or the elementary school regarding arrests in the assault. Meanwhile, two women have already gone viral for claiming their kids were part of the neighborhood beatdown. Earlier this week, My Mixtapez, an X blog, posted a video of woman telling her son Chicago is “looking for him” and his friends. It’s unclear to what extent the boy was allegedly involved in the attack.
“…Cause you was wrong yesterday. You was wrong and you was gon’ jump somebody, so now they looking for you. You know I’m not helping you, right,” the woman says in the 15-second clip.
Another short clip shows a woman identifying her daughter one of the children involved in the attack. The mother asked viewers to be respectful because her daughter is “a child.” As she sobbed, the girl said she was “wrong for everything.” Additionally, she claimed she was “being a follower. “And I apologize for everything because I wouldn’t want to be in that situation…I wish I would’ve never did what I did,” the child said.
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