Anti-Violence Backer Accused of Hurting Son

LUFKIN (AP) – An East Texas man who last month led an anti-violence rally has been accused of beating his 4-year-old son for urinating on some furniture. Angelina County Jail records show Kahil Gibran Smith, 26, of Lufkin was arrested Monday on a charge of injury to a child. He’s free on $2,500 bond. Online jail records did not an attorney for Smith, who led a “Silence the Violence” rally Saturday. Smith, who says he’s been sober for a year, works as a chaplain to offer anti-drug abuse and no-violence messages. Smith’s wife says he allegedly hurt the boy March 28 during a discipline session with a belt. A police report says Smith told an officer he was “whooping” his son for urinating on a couch and accidentally hit the boy’s ear.