A
Mississippi mother has launched an online campaign for justice after
her little girl was allegedly severely beaten in a vicious playground
attack last week.
Disturbing
images posted to the 'Justice for AvaLynn' Facebook page by mother
Lacey Harris reveal the kindergarten student's bruising injuries, which
her school claims happened when the five-year-old fell over.
Harris
refutes the official explanation from Arlington Elementary School and
says that she wants a police investigation because her child's injuries
are simply too severe to have been caused by a fall.
According
to Harris, her daughter AvaLynn was kicked until she fell off the slide
in the playground during her first week at Arlington Elementary in
Mississippi.
The
Pascagoula School District said that nothing violent happened to the
little girl and she merely fell to the ground whie outside playing.
A
post on the 'Justice for AvaLynn' Facebook page gives Harris' alleged
account of how her daughter was left with such severe black eyes and
swollen features.
AvaLynn
informed Lacey that she was assaulted by another student: that she was
kicked repeatedly in the face until she fell off of the slide on the
school's playground. The school informed Lacey were no teachers present
when the incident occurred, and because of that, no one could prove
whether or not another student had harmed Ava,' the post reads.
'The
school basically claims that Ava injured herself, as all the photos
depicting her injuries will debunk. The local PD claims that there has
been no criminal act, which the injury photos also disprove.'
Harris
has retained the services of a lawyer, who has insisted she make no
comment to the press while they press for a police investigation.
She has also opened a gofundme page that has raised in excess of $5,000 to help with AvaLynn's treatment.
'There
is a need for repeat CT scans, specialist visits to an ENT,
ophthalmologist and quite possible orthopedics for her little face,'
Harris wrote.
The Pascagoula School District spoke to gulflive.com
about the incident to say: 'A student was injured while playing on the
playground at Arlington Elementary School Tuesday afternoon. School
officials responded to the situation.
'The
parent was contacted and the student received medical treatment. No
other children were involved in the incident. The Pascagoula School
District remains committed to the safety of all its students.'
Police have said they will not open a file because they do not believe any criminal activity occurred.
Avalynn before and after the attack(Pictured above)
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