in the report that april newcomb actively encouraged her daughter to physically fight. investigators have three videos of the event. this one was posted on youtube. in one video the deputy writes, it shows april walking toward her daughter as she jumps around preparing herself for the fight. the deputy concludes that april never stopped the fight, rather she encouraged it. in the report, the deputy si say it is mother told him she showed up to the fight to make sure nothing got out of hand and to make sure her daughter did not get hurt. investigators say newcomb said she was there because her daughter sustained a skull fracture from a previous incident and april knew she was going to fight and wanted to make sure her daughter's nemesis did not hit her in the back of the head. >> get up! let's go! >> reporter: as the five-minute fight ensued april newcomb never called 9-1-1 and never even tried to stop the brawl. and that was a mistake. manatee county, florida, deputies say by not taking an active role and instead letting two 16-year-olds go at each other april newcomb c

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the mother of one of the fight girls, 39-year-old april newcombe.county deputy writes in his report that april newcombe actively encouraged her daughter to physically fight. investigators have three videos of the event. this one was posted on youtube. in one video the deputy writes, "it shows april walking towards her daughter as she jumps around preparing herself for the fight." the deputy concludes that "april never stopped the fight." rather, she encouraged it. in the report the deputy says the mother told him she showed up to the fight to make sure nothing got out of hand and to make sure her daughter did not get hurt. investigators say newcombe says she was there because her daughter sustained a skull fracture from a previous incident and april knew she was going to fight and wanted to make sure her daughter's nemesis did not hit her in the back of the head. >> get up. come on, baby, let's go. >> reporter: as the five-minute-long fight ensued, april newcombe never called 911, and according to investigators never even tried to stop the brawl. an

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as the five-minute-long fight ensued, april newcomb never called 911 and never tried to stop the brawl instead letting two 16-year-olds go at each other, april newcomb committed a crime. she's now charged with child en in this fight and doing absolutely nothing to stop it. >> reporter: psychologist jeff gardere. >> if a parent is saying, go ahead and fight, you can go ahead and do this thing, in some ways the kids don't want to let their parents down. >> reporter: under questioning, police say april newcomb admitted of course we're both wrong. i understand that. i understand where you all are coming from. investigators say the teens could still face disciplinary actions. for today, kelly sanders, nbc news, ft. lauderdale. >>> it's a $100 million challenge that facebook founders pledge to newark city schools. why millions may be riding on this promise. with active naturals wheat smooths damaged cuticles for 75% more shine in one use. real shine, for real life. yours. [ female announcer ] new aveeno nourish plus shine. yours. words alone aren't enough. my job is to listen to the needs an

. >> reporter: police arrested april newcombe after watching the video. they say she's been charged with child abuse for encouraging her daughter to fight. newcombe stated in the police report, of course, we were both wrong. and i understand that. and i understand where y'all are coming from. i think unfortunately, it was going to happen no matter what. girl fights have become a disturbing trend. but what could possibly possess a parent to be part of the action? >> if you're in a situation like this, you need to intervene and stop it. she told us that she went there because she was trying to prevent the child from getting hit on the head because she had had a previous injury. >> reporter: other fights seem to have no explanation. in february this, baton rouge couple was also arrested when they allegedly encouraged two teens to fight. this mother says she just hopes this latest incident will teach her son and others a lesson. >> we're going to talk about, you know, how to avoid the fight. definitely going to give them my opinion. i think absolutely the par

newcomb posted a $15,000 bail and was released from jail.dy was seriously hurt in that fight. maggie? >> jeff, thank you very much. >>> psychologist dr. jeff gardere joins us now. good morning, jeff. >> good morning, maggie. >> this woman faces five years in prison. in your view was her behavior criminal? >> it was criminal, atrocious. it was absolutely stupid and i think she realizes what she did was wrong. good parents does not dictate you egg your child on. you work with your child and teach them conflict resolution skills and i have to point out she was afraid that her daughter might get hurt in the back of the head because she had a previous head injury and as we can see, she's hit with rapid punches in the back of the head several times and this is horrific. >> not only caught up in the moment, we see her walking with her daughter to the fight and appears she knew about it beforehand and didn't try to stop it. where's the parenting here? >> seems like a lot of people knew about it. you can see they're soshded by folks, you know they po

april newcombe videotaped the violent five-minute confrontation between the two 16-year-olds as classmates cheered. the fight took place in a vacant field and was posted on youtube. let's bring in our legal panel to weigh in. rebecca rose woodland, jonna spilbor, both of who were shaking their heads at how ridiculous this was. this mother april new comb actively encouraged her daughter to go and do this fight. i want first of all your reaction to all of this. and do you think child abuse charges are appropriate? >> some charges are appropriate. and she is the reason why there should be some sort of test before you are allowed to have children. >> i know, right. we all talk about that. but that's not an option here. is it some sort of reckless endangerment or child abuse? yes it is. she might as well have put a weapon in her daughter's hand and said go ahead. she encouraged this fight. the daughter could have gotten hurt. somebody else could have gotten hurt. no mother in her right mind should have allowed this to happen. >> now part of what she says is her sdfs she said, look. i knew my da

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and one of those voices belongs to the girl's mother. 39-year-old april newcomb, arrested on child abuse after being seen and heard encouraging her daughter to not stop swinging. arthur rydell is here, a criminal defense attorney and fox news contributor, and joey jackson, a fox news contributor. i look at the situation and i think, are you kidding me? are you kid meeting? we live in a world where these girls get together to duke it out and everybody gathers around in a big circle and mom is cheering one of them on? >> well, you know, i don't know what to say, martha. only because they then arrest the mother. and, against my own self-interest, as a criminal defense attorney arguing people shun shouldn't be arrested, but arresting her? she should go to jail for this? no guns, knives, bats, two girls are swinging it out, and it is bad and she should have broken it up, absolutely, but is the purpose of the criminal justice system. >> absolutely. >> i don't think it is, you want to say family services will get involved and go to the house and investigate? martha: i hear what you are saying.