WASHINGTON 鈥� As Baltimore begins the recovery process from a day and night of rioting Monday in the wake of the funeral of Freddie Gray, one video making the rounds of social media shows a woman taking peacemaking into her own hands.
Baltimore鈥檚 WMAR caught video of a mother聽taking her 16-year-old son to task on Monday, and getting him back in line, in no uncertain terms (warning 鈥� there鈥檚 some R-rated language in the clip):
鈥淚鈥檓 a no-tolerant mother. Everybody that knows me, know I don鈥檛 play that,鈥� Toya Graham, a single mother of six, told CBS 草莓传媒. 鈥淗e said, when 鈥業 seen you,鈥� he said, 鈥榤a, my instinct was to run.’鈥�
Graham said she saw her only son wearing a hoodie and mask amid the protesters demonstrating just hours after a funeral for Gray.
鈥淎t that point, I just lost it,鈥� she said. 鈥淚 was shocked, I was angry, because you never want to see your child out there doing that.鈥�
Baltimore Police Chief Anthony Batts referred to the video in his Monday-night news conference, “I wish I had more parents who took charge of their kids tonight.”
Despite the excellence of this clip, 草莓传媒 reminds everyone that violence isn鈥檛 the answer. Usually.
The Associated Press contributed to this report.聽
