Mom Seen Smacking Son at Baltimore Riots Are Making Life Changes One Year Later

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Published 2016-04-14

The Baltimore mom caught on video smacking her son for participating in last year's riot says she would do it all over again, but with one caveat. "I wouldn't have used so much foul language," Toya Graham told INSIDE EDITION. One year later, Graham and her son, Michael, have made some life-changing decisions since the riots over Freddie Gray's death while in police custody. #InsideEdition

All Comments (21)

@erikkryptonian 8 years ago

i'll be more scared for my momma than the cops
@jonasswitzer9266 3 years ago

She smacked some sense into him both figuratively and literally
@kayleekingsbury1754 3 years ago

Lol imagine if she accidentally thought that was her son, but she was just smacking some random teen.
@Tintway 3 years ago

Yall talking soo much about the mom respect to the kid for not arguing back or being aggressive back in front of all those ppl it shows that the kid respects his mom✊
@popeyeschicken2182 6 years ago

And I thought my mom was scary....
@sudipghosh14 3 years ago

He is a real good son. Such a gentleman. Never showed disrespect to his mom.
@amirabrown2400 3 years ago

she did the right thing ..she doesn’t want her son to be labeled anything or mess up his life by doing something stupid . she loves him ..that’s just tough love right there . i bet he learned his lesson 😂
@parkerplace2910 3 years ago

And look at the result of her parenting...a year later, the boy is doing good, he's alive and seeking employment. Good job mom!!!!
@pikachugirl15 8 years ago

my own mom would do the same 😰
@elizabethc.5824 7 years ago

lol old school mom got her kids on check
@niadurant4846 3 years ago

This is one of those situations where, the child was raised well but it’s the environment around him. Glad the mom is doing everything she can to stop him from being in the streets
@allawesomeness7712 3 years ago

I'm glad his son didn't smack her back. It means theres hope for him
@xanairigoien4813 8 years ago

What an amazing mother
@phillyman2837 8 years ago

So I'm guessing she pulled her son out of (whatever Baltimore high) school he was at to get him away from other idiot teens?? That's one solution I guess. At least now with Job Corp, he'll have some direction.
@sanamachu6633 3 years ago

Listen, my African mom would have brought an entire tree branch and finished it on my body.
@maddox3822 3 years ago

More parents need to be like this, the world would be different if kids got punished for what they do.
@mrs.cummings2286 8 years ago

That is what a mother do to protect her child/children.
@Kiriuu 6 years ago

My mom would slap some sense into me too
@Sisima13 3 years ago

She probably saved her child’s life that day
@meme-tf8ih 3 years ago

I wish we had more mothers like this at those riots locations....this world would be a better place...