A Georgia youth football coach who was seen in a viral video earlier this week smacking one of his players to the ground will be charged with child abuse, Florida authorities said Friday. Gerrell Williams was the coach of the Savannah Gators youth football team, which was playing in the American Youth Football national championships in Kissimmee, Fla., this week when a video showed the man striking one of his players. “The actions of this person are despicable and there is zero-tolerance when it comes to the abuse of a child.”American Youth Football banned Williams for life from the organization. He was also let go as a counselor at the Chatham County, Ga., Sheriff’s Office detention center. The coach allegedly involved in the incident is said to have issued an apology in a Facebook Live video posted on a woman’s account.

Source: Fox News December 12, 2020 17:26 UTC