Caught On Video: Angry Mom Confronts Son Caught Rioting In Baltimore

NEW YORK (CBSNewYork) -- She is one hands-on parent.

A angry Baltimore mother who was trying to keep the peace in her city on Monday, happened to recognize her son among a group of rioters throwing bricks at police.

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What she did next was all caught on live TV: She voiced her disappointment and tried to smack some sense into him while trying to pull off his mask.

She then sent him home.

Baltimore Police Commissioner Anthony Batts even acknowledged the mother's actions during a press conference early Tuesday morning.

"And if you saw in one scene, you had one a mother who grabbed their child who had a hood on his head and she started smacking him on the head because she was so embarrassed. I wish I had more parents who took charge of their kids tonight," Batts said.

On Tuesday, National Guardsmen fanned out across Baltimore, police with riot shields blocked streets, and firefighters doused smoldering blazes after looting and arson erupted in the city following the funeral of a Freddie Gray, a 25-year-old black man who died in police custody.