justin whittington , 23 , was arrested on friday in bakersfield , california , and charged with child cruelty after the video of the alleged abuse surfaced online .
but following interviews , his charge was changed from ` cruelty ' to ` endangerment ' , and his bail dropped from $ 20,000 .
on sunday he posted a message on facebook asking for his pregnant wife and son to be ` left out of this ' and was adamant there was more to ` that ' video than meets the eye .
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