A young father is in trouble with police after they say he thought it would be a good idea to “discipline” his daughter by tying her up and gagging her with tape before publishing a photo of the cruel act to Facebook.
21-year-old Andre Curry from Chicago generated some serious controversy after he posted the photo of his daughter bound with tape back in July, and last week, the photo became viral after it was posted on several highly-visited websites.
In the disturbing image, the little girl’s hands and feet are tied together at the wrists and ankles with blue tape. Another piece of tape covers the child’s mouth, restricting her from making any noise and possibly constricting her airflow.
The troubling photo originally appeared alongside an equally troubling caption from the girl’s father that read, “This is wut happens wen my baby hits me back. 😉”
Je’Vanna Cobbins, a friend of Curry’s, told The Smoking Gun that he was just “playing around” and would “never do anything to harm anyone.”
“[He was] being playful with his child. People play with their child differently,” she said in defense of her friend’s immature actions.
Whether Mr. Curry was being playful or not, the Chicago Police Department is taking this very seriously after being tipped off about the photo, and their special investigations unit is reportedly “looking into it.”
“It’s an ongoing investigation,” a Chicago PD spokesman said.
The terribly upsetting photo has since been removed from Facebook, but not before it became a viral “hit” amongst Internet users, most of whom were clearly disturbed and upset about it, and even left angry comments on his page.
One person called Curry a “nasty child abuser,” while another said, “I hope you fall down the stairs and land on a bunch of bullets. Hate hate hate hate!”
So far, the 21-year-old father has not been arrested, but child protective services were called to the home, the New York Post reported.
