Miami-Dade Cop Seen on Video Beating Daughter Appears in Court

A Miami-Dade police officer who was charged with child abuse after he was seen on video beating his daughter at her school appeared in court on Thursday.

Officer Raymond Rosario turned himself in after video surfaced of the March 19 incident at Pinecrest Cove Preparatory Academy that shows him grabbing his 14-year-old daughter by the hair, hitting her with a belt and punching her in the face, according to a police report.

"She's a child that was being humiliated by her father, an authority figure in many ways including the fact that he's a police officer," prosecutor Laura Adams said in court.

Prosecutors are not offering Rosario any plea deals or special court programs and instead are forging ahead to trial and are deposing witnesses, including his daughter.

"I hope that my daughter never had to get deposed, but unfortunately, since this is going forward, I guess that's where we are right now," Rosario said in court.

The 44-year-old officer was previously ordered to stay away from his daughter and ex-wife.

"From the first moments, he just wants to resolve this issue as quickly as possible," said Rosario's attorney, Eric Padron.

Police say Rosario was called to the school after a teacher complained that his daughter had been disrespectful. The officer allegedly asked for his daughter to be brought to the office, where the incident took place.

Rosario has been suspended from the Miami-Dade Police Department while the incident is being investigated.

The case is set to go to trial on December 22.

The school issued a statement after the release of the video saying that the incident was reported to the Department of Children and Families, who later contacted law enforcement.

The statement added that a woman seen in the video sitting at her desk during the incident is an expectant mother who did not know if Rosario had a weapon at the time and "she feared for the safety of the victim as well as that of her unborn child."