Anthony Sanchez, an elected California water official, was arrested this weekend after video was posted by a neighbor showing him beating his stepson with a belt while playing catch. The neighbor screamed at Snachez to stop beating his kid. This was disturbing to watch.
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The neighbor posted the video on YouTube before calling the police.
KTLA reported:
An Imperial Valley water agency director has been arrested after he was allegedly caught on video beating his stepson over a game of catch.
The video shows a man playing a game of catch with his young stepson. The boy drops the ball, and that’s when the man, identified by authorities as Anthony Sanchez, begins whipping him with a belt.
Neighbor Oscar Lopez shot the video Wednesday morning from inside his home. After a minute, Lopez can be heard on the tape telling Sanchez to stop.
“I’m a [expletive] father too,” Lopez says.
Lopez posted the video on Facebook and YouTube before turning it in to authorities on Thursday.
Thank God for that courageous neighbor.
