Who is Samarria White? Georgia mom arrested after video of her child being dragged by hair goes viral

BIBB COUNTY, GEORGIA: A Georgian mother has been taken into custody on child cruelty charges. Samarria Mona White is captured in a viral video in which she can be observed dragging her daughter by the hair across a field and striking her in the face. After receiving information about the alleged incident, shared by a concerned neighbor named Gwen Harris-McKenzie, the Bibb County Sheriff's Office swiftly took action. It is said that the neighbor's children were also playing along with the child in question. White became angry and sent everyone home, she then chased her daughter.

The neighbor posted the 20-second clip on her Facebook page, “The video was actually recorded by my niece. Don’t know if any neighbors had witnessed this part but some did see her chasing her. It’s more videos. I was at work but called along with other people on my way back to Macon. All 3 kids were taken by ambulance and she was arrested. That just answered 80% of my inboxes.” She also mentioned that she doesn’t identify the woman in the video, “No I don’t know her or her name, her kids just play outside with mine and they have said this isn’t the worst she has done that they have seen, they just finally caught it on camera. Prayers for those babies.”

Who is Samarria White?

Samarria White is facing counts of child cruelty after she allegedly pulled her daughter by the hair and dragged her across the field. She was captured in a video made by a neighbor that soon went viral online. After the incident, police visited the mother at home and arrested her. It is reported that White denied dragging her daughter. She faces first-degree charges and is held on a $20,000 bond. However, she remains in Bibb County Jail as of Friday morning, July 7, as per Atlanta Black Star.

After noticing that the redness on the girl's chest had developed into bruising, the authorities took her to a hospital for medical attention, as per the media outlet.

'Disgusting'

There were many strong reactions on social media regarding the way the child was treated by her mother, where one social media user wrote, "I bet she wouldn’t fight nobody her size though…. " The second user wrote, "That Samaria white lady is going to burn in hell for how she was doing her daughter." "Disgusting… a literal child & you dragging her…," commented the third user. Another user simply wrote, "I just hate seeing these."