Baltimore mom talks about viral video, pulling her son out of the riots
theGRIO REPORT - The Baltimore mother who is seen in a now viral video smacking her 16-year-old son and taking him out of a riot joined CBS This Morning earlier today...
The Baltimore mother who is seen in a now viral video smacking her 16-year-old son and taking him out of a riot joined CBS This Morning earlier today.
Toya Graham told the morning show she was standing on the same side as the police while young people rioting threw rocks and bricks at them. She recognized the baggy sweat pants one hooded and masked young man was wearing. Graham said she knew it was her son after they made eye contact and she “just lost it.”
“My intention was to just get my son and have him be safe,” the single mother of six told CBS.
Watch the full interview with Toya Graham below:
“To see my son come across the street with a rock in his hand, I think at that point I just lost it.”
“I thought ‘oh my God, my pastor is gonna have a fit,'” she said when she first saw the video.
The violent riots, as well as peaceful protests, took over Baltimore following the death of 25-year-old Freddie Gray while in police custody. Citizens have become frustrated with the lack of details given about how the young man sustained severe spinal cord injuries.
Graham spoke to CBS News Tuesday, saying she did not “want him to be another Freddie Gray.”
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