Video shows Phoenix, Arizona father throw his two-year-old daughter into wimming pool

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Corey McCarthy of Phoenix, Arizona, has been charged with two counts of child abuse
Video footage shows him throw his 23-month-old daughter Mia head first into a swimming pool
McCarthy claims he was trying to teach her lesson after she dropped a five-week-old puppy into the water and it drowned
He is currently in the prison infirmary after he was beaten up in jail

Published: 13:04 EST, 18 May 2014 | Updated: 02:10 EST, 19 May 2014

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A father has been charged with child abuse after he threw his two-year-old daughter into a swimming pool to teach her a lesson.

Shocking surveillance video captured the toddler being tossed into the water.

Another woman, already in the water, races across to pluck the girl to safety before she sinks to the bottom.

The shocking video footage shows Corey McCarthy of Phoenix, Arizona, threw his daughter Mia into a swimming pool

Mia's mom, Samantha, left, said McCarthy, right, taunted his daughter before throwing her in the water. He is currently in the prison infirmary after he was beaten up in jail

McCarthy told police he threw the girl into the water because she had dropped a five-week-old puppy in the pool and it died

Corey McCarthy told police he threw the girl into the water because she had dropped a five-week-old puppy in the pool and it died. He said he wanted to teach her a lesson about playing around water.

McCarthy has been charged with two counts of child abuse after police in Phoenix viewed the security video.

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The girl's mum identified on local TV as Samantha said he was shocked.

'You see him taunting her, like throwing her like he's gonna, then he's not, throwing her like he's gonna, then he's not,' Samantha said.

Mia, pictured, was thrown face first into the pool and she was rescued by a woman who raced across to pluck her to safety before she could sink

McCarthy has been charged with two counts of child abuse after police in Phoenix viewed the security video

'What people don't know is also in the beginning of the video, he hoses her down with a water hose to kind of torture her that way.'

'I am very angry and I'm very hurt and I just hope that my kids are going to be OK from this.

'People make mistakes, but this is past a poor decision and a mistake. This is a child.'

Police said child abuse charges were filed because in the state of Arizona discipline must be considered reasonable and not carried out in anger.

A police spokesman said throwing a toddler into a pool isn't reasonable.

Family members said McCarthy is in the prison infirmary because he was beaten up in jail.

Police said child abuse charges were filed because in the state of Arizona discipline must be considered reasonable and not carried out in anger

Video: Father charged with child abuse after throwing toddler into pool

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clinicalman, St. Louis, United States, 43 minutes ago

This dude needs his head held underwater until the bubbles stop....

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Dax, Amsterdam, 54 minutes ago

He has some braincells missing.

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Ituri, California, 1 hour ago

So because of his bad parenting in leaving a toddler alone with a puppy, he's going to teach her a lesson with more bad parenting by teaching her to be terrified of water and him too. Nice.

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MJ, London, 1 hour ago

Nasty little bully.

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PK, Kennewick, United States, 2 hours ago

Something similar happened to me when I was six. My dad, as a way to teach me how to swim, threw me off a bridge -a small one over a summer swimming/fishing hole- and told me to sink or swim. Long story short, I'm almost 40, I still can't swim, and I'm terrified of bridges. I hope they get that girl a lot of therapy. She's going to need it.

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Hugobear, London, United Kingdom, 2 hours ago

tattooed peasants - filth

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rlm6769-Tulsa, Tulsa, United States, 2 hours ago

He did teach her a lesson. Don't trust dad. I feel bad for the puppy, but who leaves a toddler unsupervised by a pool long enough for that to happen? Lucky she didn't fall in and drown then.