Mom of the Year (Baltimore Uprising)

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BuzzFeed News ‏@BuzzFeedNews 12m12 minutes ago

Video appears to show mom dragging son out of the Baltimore riots (Photo: @JakeBurnsCBS6) http://www.buzzfeed.com/ryanhatesthis/everybodys-cringing-at-what-looks-like-video-of-a-mom-draggi?bftw&utm_term=4ldqpgc#4ldqp … gc



This Baltimore mom wasn't letting her son riot. She ripped him off street. Police Chief praised her action. @CBS6
— JakeBurnsCBS6 (@Jake Burns)

--In another video, you can hear someone following the pair yell out: “He was prepared for this shit, he got his all black on, the gloves, face mask, and look who beside him, his mama, God damn.”

watch: http://www.buzzfeed.com/ryanhatesthis/everybodys-cringing-at-what-looks-like-video-of-a-mom-draggi?bftw&utm_term=4ldqpgc#.ifOQYA0lvr

[brooklynite]

1. I have a feeling this kid is going to be embarrassed as hell...

...all of his comrades in arms have probably seen that video by now.

[liberal N proud]

2. Just a mother trying to save her baby from becoming another victim

We need more of her! She should be an inspiration for every mother in America, save your children.

[Oktober]

23. He's not a baby...

He's a teenager or a grown man trying to get away with a crime...

[liberal N proud]

24. Tell that to her

He is her baby and always will be.

[Nuclear Unicorn]

3. I bet he wants to run TO the police now.

[bigtree]

6. lol

...too late.

[newfie11]

4. For fear he would be killed

I would have done the same.

[bigtree]

5. Baltimore schools are closed today

...I hope other Moms are home counseling their children on that point and keeping them otherwise occupied.

[sufrommich]

8. This. And good for Mom. nt

[Stinky The Clown]

7. There were apparantly a lot of her.

There was a change in the kind of people on the streets when the Moms got off work. The numbers of school kids dropped noticeably.

[TexasMommaWithAHat]

9. Brave mom protecting her son

from others' potential violence (including the cops) and his own potential violence.

I wanna' laugh and cry looking at that video. It says so much about the role of "mom" in a kid's life.

[bigtree]

10. yeah

"I wanna' laugh and cry looking at that video"

[justiceischeap]

11. On the one hand, I commend this mother

on the other hand, I cringe each time she lays one upside his head. I remember my dad smacking me in front of all my friends (I didn't hear him holler for me to come home, he was convinced I was ignoring him). It hurt physically but it was much more embarrassing.

[chalmers]

12. I'm calling bullshit on this

Look at how it is presented "video appears", "at what looks like". That kid looks to be black bloc to me and she is trying to get rid of a trouble maker.

But the media in its effort to sensationalize the riots and make money off them need a comedic moment to exploit.

[bigtree]

14. the fact that you think this is a 'comedic moment'

...speaks volumes about your post.

Identifying him as 'black bloc' dehumanizes this youngster to the point where there's no room for understanding. It's obvious to most observers that no stranger would accept that public rebuke with such dutiful compliance as we see in the images and videos. Accept it for what it is and give these children's guardians, like this woman, some credit for caring about the actions of their children.

[chalmers]

20. Check your facebook feed

and see how it is being presented, people are reposting it with taglines like "LOL, Go Mama!" I don't think its funny at all.

[TheSarcastinator]

15. a "black bloc" of one teenager?

Thanks for that brilliant analysis.

[Fla Dem]

18. Geez, so cynical. In another clip you see him following her away from the activity.

Clearly it was a mother-guardian/son situation.

[chalmers]

22. Even the media admits it doesnt know that

But they still present it, with the taglines "appears to show"

[snooper2]

25. well your in-depth analysis certainly convinced me!

Could you take a look at the Zapruder film when you get a chance?

[mopinko]

13. i feel her.

the only time i delivered a real beat down on one of my kids was the time my 16 yo daughter finally came home at 2 am after trying to get her on her phone for hours.
she was dressed like a street walker, as 16 yo girls are want to do. she had taken the cta home.
i was so terrified for her. i gave her pretty much the same treatment.

she and i have a pretty rocky relationship still, but that was the last time she pulled that particular stunt. and she did live to adulthood.

i wish i could have had a more rational reaction. but shit....

[lostnfound]

16. Good for her but Jose Diaz Balart stupid comment "all the moms should be out there doing this"

A) What about all the dads?
B) What about their $8 or $10 an hour jobs that only pay by hours worked?

Why the hell are they so angry? Oh yeah, cuz one of their own just had his spine twisted off by violent cops who aren't ever held accountable. And they are growing up understandably angry and wanting to do something about it.

Now the TV can be focused on riots and on one single model of good parenting (subtext is, if the other mothers were BETTER there wouldn't BE riots in poor neighborhoods).

How about an expose on the good or bad mothering that led to some cops being upholders of the law while others are prone to playing executioner? I'm being facetious of course but this whole situation - including the riots - is a grotesque POLICE failure.

But the police are so militarized now I almost feel there is no hope of progress. That poor mother doesn't have the luxury of giving up, though. She's got to find a way to keep her kid alive amid the gauntlet of being an AA teen in America. I wish her luck.

It sure would be nice if the urban economy was helping more, I'm sure the constant financial pressure leaves many such moms (and dads) few choices.

[malaise]

17. She was slapping him silly

on TV - the picture is just the beginning

[DRoseDARs]

19. BPD Commish "I wish I had more parents who took charge of their kids tonight."

And Mrs. Gray wishes you hadn't murdered her child. Too bad the BPD "took charge" of Freddie...

[DRoseDARs]

21. And while this mom is slapping her kid silly, the BPD severed Gray's spinal cord.

HAHAHA doesn't want her child murdered by the police too HAHAHA! See? You can find humor in EVERYTHING!

[TexasMommaWithAHat]

29. NOT that kind of humor!

More like "Oh, shit! My momma would have done something just like that!"

[951-Riverside]

26. As a White person this video made me feel all proud and tingly inside

Its something about the image of a black male being beaten by an authority figure that makes me feel all giddy and gives me a funny feeling in my loins ...excuse me ...GUHHHHH UHHHHHH UHHHHHHHHHHH!!!!! ...*whew* ...I need a cigarette.

[NM_Birder]

27. your sense of humor is as revolting as the riot.

[libdem4life]

28. The thread about the Baltimore Teacher Tweet was amazing. School let out, and the police would

not let the kids on the busses to go home. That seems to be where it started. Brilliant decision...probably well thought out, sorry to say. They were tired of the peaceful protests and the standoff...which is was, and before the Freddie Gray "investigation" was complete. Got to admit, it was a stroke of brilliance on the part of the Protect and Serve Gang.

And the photo up above...my guess she was trying to save his life. Rules are different for black men.