Daycare worker, 22, is filmed slamming a toddler down on his face at nap time as his horrified mother watches via a livestream
- Jazmine Torres, 22, was filmed slamming the 18-month-old on the ground
- She was putting him down for a nap at The Children's Courtyard in Plano, Texas
- The boy's mother had tuned in to a live feed while on her lunch break at work
- She caught the daycare worker roughly laying him down and went to collect him
- Her friends recorded the live stream after she left and saw Torres slamming him down again
- She now faces a child endangerment charge from Plano Police Department
Shocking video has emerged of a daycare worker slamming an 18-month-old face down on the ground while trying to get him to go to sleep.
Jazmine Torres, 22, was filmed on surveillance cameras at The Children's Courtyard in Plano, Texas, lifting the toddler up by his arms and planting him on his nap mat on Friday.
The boy's mother Caitlin Gilmore was watching on a live feed during her lunch break at Wells Fargo when she saw the daycare worker roughly laying him down. What she initially saw was not recorded.
When she left to collect her son, friends in her office continued watching and started filming the live stream on their iPhones.
![Jazmine Torres, 22, was filmed slamming the 18-month-old down on his chest to get him to go to sleep at The Children's Courtyard in Plano, Texas, on Friday](https://i.dailymail.co.uk/i/pix/2017/04/18/14/3F59A22A00000578-4421560-image-a-7_1492521763184.jpg)
![Jazmine Torres, 22, was filmed slamming the 18-month-old down on his chest to get him to go to sleep at The Children's Courtyard in Plano, Texas, on Friday](https://i.dailymail.co.uk/i/pix/2017/04/18/14/3F59A23700000578-4421560-image-m-6_1492521755606.jpg)
Jazmine Torres, 22, was filmed slamming the 18-month-old down on his chest to get him to go to sleep at The Children's Courtyard in Plano, Texas, on Friday
It was then that Torres was recorded slamming him down again. She now faces a child endangerment charge from Plano Police Department.
The footage shows her carrying one child under one arm while Gilmore's 18-month-old, who has not been named, stood nearby.
![The boy's mother Caitlin Gilmore was watching a live feed of the daycare on her lunch break and saw Torres roughly handling her son](https://i.dailymail.co.uk/i/pix/2017/04/18/14/3F59AB5E00000578-4421560-image-a-9_1492521834492.jpg)
The boy's mother Caitlin Gilmore was watching a live feed of the daycare on her lunch break and saw Torres roughly handling her son
She first pushed him to the ground to make room on the mats for the other toddler she was carrying.
After laying the first child down, she was then seen lifting the boy up abruptly by the arms and swinging his feet back to plant him face down.
Gilmore's friends shared the video on Facebook to alert other parents. It has been viewed more than 800,000 times since it was uploaded.
The child's mother took him to hospital afterwards where doctors checked him over. He was not hurt.
'It was horrifying for her to watch. They took him to the ER immediately after the incident and he checked out to be okay. Doctor said you'd be surprised how resilient kids are,' Amber McHenry, who posted the footage online, told DailyMail.com.
Police issued a warrant for Torres' arrest after being alerted to the footage by both the boy's mother and the daycare center.
She is expected to turn herself in on Tuesday on a count of felony child endangerment.
![The child (dressed in a white romper) was standing up when Torres approached him with another child in her arms. She pushed him to the floor first to set the other toddler down on their mat](https://i.dailymail.co.uk/i/pix/2017/04/18/14/3F59A1FC00000578-4421560-image-a-17_1492521950560.jpg)
![The child (dressed in a white romper) was standing up when Torres approached him with another child in her arms. She pushed him to the floor first to set the other toddler down on their mat](https://i.dailymail.co.uk/i/pix/2017/04/18/14/3F59A20B00000578-4421560-The_child_dressed_in_a_white_romper_was_standing_up_when_Torres_-a-2_1492523991643.jpg)
The child (dressed in a white romper) was standing up when Torres approached him with another child in her arms. She pushed him to the floor first to set the other toddler down on their mat
![Torres then lifted the boy up by his underarms and threw him on to the blue nap mat](https://i.dailymail.co.uk/i/pix/2017/04/18/14/3F59A22000000578-4421560-image-a-25_1492522080941.jpg)
![Torres then lifted the boy up by his underarms and threw him on to the blue nap mat](https://i.dailymail.co.uk/i/pix/2017/04/18/14/3F59A23700000578-4421560-image-m-24_1492522074784.jpg)
Torres then lifted the boy up by his underarms and threw him on to the blue nap mat
![After tucking him under the blue blanket, Torres then sat between the child and another with her head in her hands](https://i.dailymail.co.uk/i/pix/2017/04/18/14/3F59A23D00000578-4421560-image-a-32_1492522144369.jpg)
![After tucking him under the blue blanket, Torres then sat between the child and another with her head in her hands](https://i.dailymail.co.uk/i/pix/2017/04/18/14/3F59A22F00000578-4421560-After_tucking_him_under_the_blue_blanket_Torres_then_sat_between-a-1_1492523991623.jpg)
After tucking him under the blue blanket, Torres then sat between the child and another with her head in her hands
Authorities deemed the video 'unacceptable' but said Torres had been cooperative with investigations.
She has until the end of the day on Tuesday to hand herself in to police.
'Any parent out there, it's going to be something that's just horrific. Any human being to see a toddler treated that way is just, that's just unacceptable,' spokesman for the police department, David Tilley, said.
The Children's Playground said it supported the police investigation. It fired Torres after being made aware of the video.
'Upon being made aware of this situation, we immediately notified the authorities and partnered with the state as well as conducted our own investigation.
'Those involved are no longer employed with us,' the daycare center said in a statement.
![The Children's Courtyard (above) fired her after seeing the footage and said it supports the police department's investigation](https://i.dailymail.co.uk/i/pix/2017/04/18/14/3F59AB6200000578-4421560-image-a-33_1492522171044.jpg)
The Children's Courtyard (above) fired her after seeing the footage and said it supports the police department's investigation
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