Florida principal who paddled 6-year-old girl cleared of wrongdoing

A Florida elementary school principal who was caught on camera smacking a 6-year-old girl with a paddle did not commit a crime, according to officials.

The State Attorney’s Office found that using a paddle to spank a child does not cause “great bodily harm,” or amount to child abuse, according to Wink News. The child’s mother was in the Central Elementary School classroom on April 13, and recorded the corporal punishment, which was doled out after the girl damaged a computer.