California mother arrested for encouraging son to fight

March 23, 2011

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California mother arrested for encouraging son to fightBy the CNN Wire Staff

March 23, 2011 11:51 a.m. EDT

(CNN) -- A California mother was arrested this week after she was captured on

video encouraging her son to pummel another boy, police said.

The woman can be heard yelling " Beat him down. Body slam him, " as the two boys

swing wildly at each other in the scuffle that leaves one bloody.

At one point in the video, circulated on the internet, the woman offers pointers

to her son on how to win the fight. She also assures the combatants they have

permission to fight in her yard and that she will not call the police.

Police say they have arrested the woman, identifying her as Zuniga, 33,

of the central California city of Ceres.

She faces child endangerment and contributing to the delinquency of a minor

charges, police said.

" can be heard and seen in the video yelling and encouraging her son to

batter the other juvenile. is heard yelling a barrage of profanities

and enticing the fight, " Ceres Police said in a statement.

The video was posted on YouTube and police say they learned about it from a

tipster.

Police also credited a man who witnessed the fight and can be seen on the video

stopping it.

" This man (challenges) Zuniga's actions and stopped the assault before

someone was seriously injured, " the police statement said.

At the end of the video, the man is seen getting in between the brawling boys.

" Lady, you're letting them fight like this? What kind of example are you, lady? "

the man asks.

" I don't care, " the woman replies.

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