Baltimore Woman Beats Rioter Son, Hailed As 'Mom Of the Year'

A woman in Baltimore is being hailed as the "Mother of the year" after a video showed her beating her teenage son for participating in the riots that erupted in Baltimore, USA, after the funeral of Freddie Gray, a 25-year-old who died in police custody.

On camera, the woman - who seemed to have spotted her son dressed in black and wearing a ski mask preparing to join the riots - is seen screaming, "Get over here, now."

She then beats the young man up, and finally takes him away from the scene.

The encounter, captured by WMAR, an ABC-affiliated television station located in Baltimore, is viral now with more than 10,000 views.

Watch the video here:

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Baltimore erupted in violence on Monday as hundreds of rioters looted stores, burned buildings and injured police officers following Freddie Gray's funeral.

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Gray died as a result of severe injuries suffered in police custody. Violence in the city has forced Mayor Stephanie Rawlings-Blake to implement a week-long curfew on Tuesday night.

#BaltimoreRiots is trended on Twitter with more than 8 lakh tweets around it at the time of writing this.

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