Baltimore Mom Hits Own Son in Public Because She Wants to Save His Son

Child abuse is a big anyone can commit. Parents should love and take care of their children but what happen if parents are the ones hitting their kids to death.

The video of Toya Graham, a Baltimore mom who have been caught on camera beating her 16-year-old son, Michael, out of Baltimore riot last April 27, got viral and gain different comments all over the world. Toya said on some interview that it is a way to save his child from being Freddie Gray.

Freddie Gray is a 25-year-old guy who suffered from Comatose and recently died after being diagnosed with several mysterious severe spine injuries while staying in police custody previously this month. Though the police who attended him got suspended, his death caused intense protest within the city and apparently triggered riots.

However, Anderson Cooper stated on his Twitter that Toya Graham saw his son with bricks before she slapped him.

And he gave me eye contact. And at that point, you know, 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, Graham said. Is he the perfect boy? No he’s not, but he’s mine, mom said.

Baltimore erupted after the funeral of Freddie Gray, the 25-year-old man who died last week after being seriously injured while in police custody. Many young people flooded the streets to express their anger and frustration about the lack of answers from both police and city officials about his death.

Some people may questioned Toya Graham for beating her son resulting to public humiliation or some may think that it’s not a proper way to treat your own child.

On the other hand, most number of American citizens applauds her for what she did and said that a mom like her must be a parent sample, not for beating her child, but for taking actions and being there immediately the moment he saw her child involved on a riot.

In the face of of everything, Toya strongly stand for what she believed in. She admits in an interview that the moment she saw her child, she was lost. Mixed emotions consumed her that she don’t mind seeing cameras or media. All she can think is that she doesn’t want to see her child wearing a hoodie and a mask in the middle of a riot alongside with armed police who might hurt him.

Though lots of his child is on her side, she still hopes for his child’s understanding of the seriousness of what’s going on that night.