Spatula Child Abuse

A Carson City man was arrested on Wednesday for disciplining his girlfriend's children with a spatula.

Nevada Appeal reports:

Cameron Jackson, 36, was booked into the Carson City Jail at 5:29 p.m. on suspicion of two felony counts of child abuse.

According to police reports, in October the girls' grandmother reported to police that her grandchildren had bruises on them from Jackson. The woman's 7-year-old granddaughter told police that she saw Jackson use a black spatula to spank her 3-year-old and 4-year-old sisters for not cleaning their room. The 7-year-old said she escaped the spankings because she was doing homework.

According to the report, bruises on the girls' bodies were in the shape of
a spatula. The girls' mother denied any abuse.

Child abuse is never funny [unless there's a spatula involved]. Seriously though, child abuse for a spanking? I know the spatula is odd [really odd], but spanking for discipline is now child abuse?