It's been a while but Florida people are once again making headlines. Could this signal a return to ... normal? Is nature healing?
34-year-old Edith Riddle, a mom from Jacksonville, Florida, was taken into police custody after she showed up at her daughter's middle school with boxing gloves to help her daughter beat up a classmate.
JUST IN: A Florida mom wearing a boxing glove fights a child at her daughter’s school ‼️😳 Edith Riddle, 34, of Jac… https://t.co/MFj4FzUOWO— RapTV (@RapTV) 1616634739.0
Riddle reportedly showed up to a meeting with the school Vice Principal with a boxing glove on her left hand, which she claimed she'd accidentally glued on and could not remove.
After the meeting, Riddle and her daughter cornered another student in the school cafeteria.
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@raptvcom what do they be putting in the florida water dawg— Doc🥇 (@Doc🥇) 1616634819.0
@raptvcom I knew this shi was finna be wild as soon as I saw “Flo Rida”— 𝗕reezzy (@𝗕reezzy) 1616634769.0
@raptvcom Who won?— Joey (@Joey) 1616634840.0
@raptvcom Nah this how she was doing her 😭😭😭😭😭 https://t.co/ahhXKXd80T— a (@a) 1616634810.0
According to eyewitness accounts, Riddle's daughter "pushed the victim to the ground and threw some punches" before Riddle joined in and threw some punches herself.
@raptvcom Can somebody somehow abolish Florida💀 https://t.co/qmFeTV8OvS— Jayden (@Jayden) 1616634872.0
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@raptvcom She said https://t.co/b08pUCLGfp— Flexy ⌖ ✰ (@Flexy ⌖ ✰) 1616634828.0
@raptvcom Florida the most wild place in the US https://t.co/DI0lMCnOzL— why (@why) 1616635041.0
@raptvcom Why does it look like she got hit in the eye tho 👀— Kmad3 ⚜ (@Kmad3 ⚜) 1616635315.0
The child who was assaulted by Riddle and her daughter was taken to a local hospital for treatment after she suffered abrasions to her knees and forearms.
@raptvcom you'll only see this kinda sh!t in Florida bro https://t.co/bdcTyCkU8t— albin 💸 (@albin 💸) 1616634966.0
@raptvcom Of course it was DuPont lmao— 😈 (@😈) 1616682127.0
@raptvcom When she saw the kid https://t.co/FQMvLXoxN6— ⑦ (@⑦) 1616634860.0
@raptvcom @ismveell florida needa be seperated from the us— MC ☆ (@MC ☆) 1616635127.0
@raptvcom florida is its own country— K🍀 (@K🍀) 1616634786.0
Riddle remains in custody, charged with one count of child abuse with a personal/special weapon.
Where else but Florida?