VIDEO: Man charged after striking, kicking 6-year-old son for bad behavior

A Tennessee man is facing child abuse charges after hitting his son.

Video from a surveillance camera shows just how brutal the beating was.

Kaylin Jorge has that video, and we should warn you. It’s graphic.

Nia Snow says it started off as a typical night.

Her three kids including six-year-old Damian, playing outside.

Then Damian father, Randy Dickens starts spanking him for bad behavior in school.

“All of a sudden, his whole body just started going into it. He was drooling out of his mouth, he was putting so much effort into it,” said Snow.

This video taken from a camera on the front porch shows dickens aggressively hitting Damian, shoving him to the ground, even kicking him.

More surveillance footage shows this continuing into a playroom.

That’s when Snow secretly calls 911, afraid to confront dickens because she says he was carrying a gun.

“I tried to do things the right way and I did what the police told me to do and I didn’t want nobody getting shot. And I knew that’s what would have happened. So I tried to be smart,” said Snow.

Snow says watching her son get beaten was the most heartbreaking thing she’s ever experienced.

“The whole time it was happening, he was screaming my name. It’s very hard,” she said.

Snow says after the beating stopped, she persuaded Dickens to leave the home.

When Wilson County deputies arrived, she showed them the video.

Dickens turning himself in this morning, charged with child abuse and neglect.

Snow says he since bonded out of jail with terms that he can’t go near her or Damian.

Still, she says they need to get away.

“This isn’t going to last forever. So, he goes to court in a few weeks. I just want to get them away,” she said.

The bruises, cuts and welts on Damian’s body from the beating– a reminder of when he was beaten by her ex-boyfriend at just two months old, resulting in 18 fractured bones.

Snow, herself says she’s a victim of physical abuse.

“Find that inner peace. Stay humble and find the safest and quickest way out.”

Encouraging victims to speak up, no matter how hard it may be.

Authorities also seized two rifles from the home.

Police notified the department of children’s services of the situation.