The incident was caught on cell phone in 13 seconds of video that will be entered into evidence. In an arrest report obtained by News 3, the father says he just wanted to protect his son. "I did not mean to hurt the kid and should not have hit him with the bar."
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When Christopher and Vanessa Peterson's 16-year-old boy got into a fight, they allegedly drove him to the confrontation and dad pulled out a crowbar.
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