This is the moment a suspected Baltimore looter apparently gets beaten by his mother on live TV.
The woman was captured on camera shouting at the boy, who is dressed in a black ski mask, black sweatshirt and rucksack.
“You want to be out here doing this damn s***? Get the f*** over here. Get over here now,” she screams.
ABC reported the woman had recognised her son on TV throwing rocks at police.
The video, taken by CNN while covering the riots that followed Freddie Gray’s death in police custody earlier this month, has gone viral - and the woman, whose identify is not known, has been dubbed "mom of the year".
<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" lang="en">Mom of the year in Baltimore...my mother would have did same thing...<a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="https://www.awin1.com/awclick.php?mid=9&id=222025&p=https://t.co/vjxpD7hNwq" class="body-link" data-vars-item-name="BL-57611-https://t.co/vjxpD7hNwq" data-vars-event-id="c23">https://t.co/vjxpD7hNwq</a>— Charles V Payne (@cvpayne) <a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="https://twitter.com/cvpayne/status/592876423636987905" class="body-link" data-vars-item-name="BL-57611-https://twitter.com/cvpayne/status/592876423636987905" data-vars-event-id="c23">April 28, 2015</a>
Baltimore Police Commissioner Anthony Batts said at a press conference last night: “In one scene you had a mother who grabbed a child who had a hood on his head and started smacking him on the head because she was so embarrassed.
“I wish there were more parents out there who took charge of their kids tonight.”
He later added: “Take control of your kids.”
Baltimore Police, apparently looking to capitalise on the video’s popularity, tweeted: “Several juveniles are part of these aggressive groups. WE ARE ASKING ALL PARENTS TO LOCATE THEIR CHILDREN AND BRING THEM HOME.”
