[ghostxtiger]

A mystery woman seen berating and hitting a black-clad teenager, who reportedly is her son, has been hailed as “mom of the year” after her intervention on the Baltimore streets was caught on video. As violence flared up across the city Monday, the woman, who hasn't been identified, was captured telling the teenager, who also hasn't been identified, to “take that f—— mask off.”

By late Monday, videos of the incident were so widespread that Baltimore Police Commissioner Anthony Batts brought it up in an overnight news conference.

“And if you saw in one scene, you had a mother who grabbed their child who had a hood on his head and she started smacking him on the head because she was so embarrassed,” Batts told reporters. “I wish I had more parents who took charge of their kids tonight. I think these were youth coming out of the high school and they thought it was cute to throw cinder blocks at the police department and address it that way.”

WMAR, caught the encounter on camera, but provided only this as an explanation:

This Baltimore mom saw her son throwing rocks at police on television.

That didn't sit well with her.

The video shows the mother repeatedly striking her boy, chasing him as he tries to walk away.

The clip emerged alongside widely broadcast images of violence that dotted some sections of Baltimore on Monday afternoon and evening.

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[Steve]

Nice language MOM!!! of the year.

[jackdiggums]

looks like proper parenting to me. just because its a rare thing to see, it does not warrant accolades.

[K9Grip]

Graham spoke to CBS on Tuesday after becoming an internet sensation the night before.
She said: 'He gave me eye contact, and at that point, not even thinking about cameras or anything like that...
'That's my only son and at the end of the day, I don't want him to be a Freddie Gray.'
'Is he a perfect boy?
'No he's not. But he's mine.'
The Maryland mother, who is single and has five other children, recognized her son even though he was wearing a black ski mask that covered up much of his face.
When he saw her coming, his first instinct was to run away.
She said: ''He knew he was in trouble.
'At that point, I just lost it.'
'I was shocked, I was angry, because you never want to see your child out there doing that.'

[niknik]

This parenting behavior seems to be accepted when the parents are black.

I can't imagine a white parent swinging and making contact several times with their child's face on camera and not be arrested.

I don't have a problem with what she did although I've never hit my children besides swatting their bottoms when they were little in rare cases.

I am just blown away she's become a symbol of great parenting. She could have just as easily grabbed him by the arm and took him home. That would have been a more respectable reaction.

[CrunchyCripple]

A white mother would not be arrested for hitting her kid, if the kid was on live TV, throwing rocks at cops.

No mother, no matter her race, would get in trouble for doing what she did, in that circumstance.

[niknik]

Originally Posted by CrunchyCripple ↗

A white mother would not be arrested for hitting her kid, if the kid was on live TV, throwing rocks at cops.

No mother, no matter her race, would get in trouble for doing what she did, in that circumstance.

To stay within the facts. The kid was not on live TV throwing rocks at police. Or at least not that anyone is aware of. His mom said he was throwing rocks at police, I haven't seen any footage of him doing so.

And it doesn't matter what the kid was doing. There's not two sets of rules stating you can't haul back and hit your kid in the face several times, unless your kid does this.

[Mr Poo]

Originally Posted by niknik ↗

To stay within the facts. The kid was not on live TV throwing rocks at police. Or at least not that anyone is aware of. His mom said he was throwing rocks at police, I haven't seen any footage of him doing so.

And it doesn't matter what the kid was doing. There's not two sets of rules stating you can't haul back and hit your kid in the face several times, unless your kid does this.

Is that supposed to make sense?

Either way, you wonder where the kid learned to act like an idiot? I think we all see it..

[DiamondSmiles]

Great to see a mother parenting her son!

[DiamondSmiles]

Parenting done right!