The Chicago mother who was brutally attacked by a large group of children shared that she plans to press charges against the parents of the kids who assaulted her and her son.

Corshawnda Hatter and her 9-year-old son were hospitalized with serious injuries after several children beat them on a sidewalk near an elementary school as Hatter’s 6-year-old daughter was forced to look on and watch.

“I felt helpless, because I was down on the ground, and he was down on the ground, and he’s looking at me, screaming, like, ‘Mommy, please help me. Help me.’ I couldn’t get up myself. I couldn’t do nothing,” the 33-year-old mother told CBS News.

Cellphone footage of the attack went viral and sparked outrage among members of the community where the assault took place.

As news of the incident spread

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