Baby Cockfight

The U.S. Army is reportedly investigating a soldier accused of videotaping two toddlers fighting and encouraging them to punch and slap each other. Reports say the Ft. Bragg, North Carolina, special operations soldier's son is one of the two-year-old boys seen in the video, which was posted on YouTube. The child's mother, Alicia Scheideger, says she was "horrified" by the video, describing the incident as "a baby cockfight."¹

Fast Facts

1. Video of two toddlers fighting posted on YouTube¹
2. Video reportedly shot in the fall of 2008¹
3. Two-year-old boys are seen punching and slapping each other
4. As one crying child cowers after being struck, a voice is heard telling the child to "Go hit him back"¹
5. Mother of one of the boys in the video, Alicia Scheideger, claims her ex-husband filmed the incident¹
6. Scheideger's former husband, a soldier at Ft. Bragg, had custody of the couple's child¹
7. Scheideger says she called Child Protective Services and military police when she learned about the video²
8. Child has reportedly been removed from his father's home and is with a relative¹

Quotes

"I was horrified. I thought it was a baby cockfight, like somebody putting two animals up to fight each other. They're not animals, they're humans."—Alicia Sheideger²

"My ex-husband told me that they had been fighting for two days and they finally just decided to let them have at it and just not stop them. They actually encouraged the fight and tell them to keep going."—Alicia Sheideger²

"The behavior displayed by the parents in the video is neither condoned nor indicative of soldiers in this command or the Army."—U.S. Army statement²

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