[Crimson Dynamo]

The coach, reportedly identified as Gerrel Williams, was seen hitting a child in
the head twice. The second blow knocked him to the ground during a stop in
play at the AYF National Championships AA Div 1-7U in Kissimmee, Fla.

The video was sent to the Osceola County Sheriff’s Office, but the mother of
the child said she did not want to press charges, according to reports.

Williams, who also worked as a detention center counselor, has since been
fired from his job there, the Chatham County Sherrif’s Office told WJCL in
Savannah, Ga.

“I’m not going to make no excuses for what I did,” Williams said in a video
posted to his Facebook, per WJCL. “I was wrong. … There is no excuse for
my actions. He forgives me and his parents have forgiven me, so nobody
else should be bashing me.”

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