Mom ‘kneeled on teen son’s neck and asked “Do you want to know how George Floyd died?” as he gasped for air’
A MOM has been accused of kneeling on her son’s neck while asking him "Do you want to know how George Floyd died?" as he gasped for air.
Keriann C. Smith, 37, pinned her 14-year-old son to the floor and then held her knee on his throat, Wisconsin cops say.
The 5-foot-9, 135-pound mother is accused of asking her son during the alleged attack: “Do you want to know how George Floyd died? He died something like this. Do you want to die just like him?” the reports.
She is alleged to have continued berating her son: "Tell me you can’t breathe. Tell me. [Expletive] tell me,” according to .
Do you want to know how George Floyd died? He died something like this. Do you want to die just like him?
Keriann C. Smith
The attack is said to have occurred inside the family’s apartment in Genoa City, northwest of Chicago on the Wisconsin-Illinois border.
The boy called 911 as his sister recorded the incident on video, which she then shared with police.
The video reportedly shows Smith kneeling on the boy’s neck for 48 seconds while he squirms and gasps for air, according to court records.
Responding officers found the boy with injuries including neck abrasions, scratches on his back, and bite marks on one shoulder.
The boy told officers he was afraid for his life and that “she has done it before,” the criminal complaint reads.
His sister also told cops her mother had previously punched and choked her.
Please take them. I don’t want them anymore.
Keriann C. Smith
While police officers were at the home, Smith allegedly said of the children: “Please take them. I don’t want them anymore,” WITI-TV reports.
Police also observed that while at the residence, the boy appeared "noticeably frightened" by his mother.
Their mother faces additional charges related to drug possession after marijuana and Trazodone - a prescription drug she was not prescribed - were found in the house.
Smith was charged with child abuse, strangulation and battery amongst numerous other counts after the horrific incident is said to have unfolded on June 20.
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If convicted, she faces up to 14 years in prison.
Although the mother is currently free on bond, the children have been removed from the home.
A court hearing is scheduled for August 3.
, a Black man from Minneapolis, died in police custody in May after white officer pinned him to the ground by holding a knee to his throat.
Chauvin has since been charged with murder and other officers at the scene also face criminal charges.
While police officers were restraining Floyd, he told them repeatedly he couldn’t breathe.
His death has sparked waves of unrest across the country, calls for police reform and conversations about systemic racism.