A man just pushed over my dn

[Lesausage]

We were in the supermarket with 3dc all under 4, dn who was pushed is 2 1/2. Dn accidentally bumped into a man and he pushed her by the head and she smacked her head on the floor, she's ok but shaken up.

The supermarket are reviewing the cctv as the man had gone by the time we had picked her up and tried to console her.

I'm furious and very glad she's ok, AIBU to call the police if I have cctv?

What if he hurts another child worse than a bump on the head.

Who pushes a toddler? :(

Some people really are just nasty cunts, though. I hope the police catch up with him.

Hope your niece feels better soon OP.

Your poor little dn

I hope they do catch him, he sounds like a danger to children

I have sometimes been ran into/knocked by children and because of my disability it is agony for me and can also seriously risk my future mobility but I have never assaulted anyone because of it, let alone a tiny child who had done nothing wrong

Perhaps the man was mentally ill but there does come a point when that becomes less of an excuse and more of a reason, if he does have mental health problems (which he very well may not) he still needs to be caught and punished

A similar thing happened to my dd a couple of years back when she was 15. She had gone to meet a friend she hadnt seen for a while at the station and they were walking back from the station (probably a bit exited and giggly) when a man pushed her from behind and sent her flying. He shouted "Ive got no friends" and ran off. DD had a bruised knee and a broken ipod.
She was pretty philosophical about it, and thankfully had an exiting day to look forward to and she was old enough to understand he may have had MH problems, but it was all a bit odd.
By the time she got home it was too late to report it to the police as he was long gone.

bruffin I'm glad you dd ok!

Still no update from the shop.

Still no update regarding what's hapoening from the shop or police, I know they have bigger things to attend to etc but dn is still shaken up.

It's all she's talked about at nursery, home and again it's coming to bedtime and she still won't go to bed because of this "man" :/

Ah no I stand corrected.It was the man Minou described who was elderly!

Lesausage
New here. Been lurking for a few weeks. Joined to post on this thread. Mentioned your experience to OH on way home this pm. Must say, his response was one totally out of character. He's a quiet easy going father/grandad. But this enraged him. He said "if I ever saw anything like that happening I'd kick the s**t out of them. It wouldn't matter who they were, how big, age etc. I'd go to jail for that scumbag, even if I never knew the child". WOW! Thats the most violent outburst I've ever seen from him in 40yrs. Hope Dn is improvin? Just wanted to say "what a lively lot you are on here"

I dont think Id be telling her it was an accident, she knows it wasnt and knows YOU know it wasnt, so telling her something different sounds like it would be confusing.
Maybe telling her "he was just a mean man and the Police are looking for him to tell him hes not allowed to push people" might go over better? Sounds like it might be reassuring for her to know the Police are on her side on this and you are all working to keep her safe?