Police Chief Hails Mother Who Whupped Her Son For Rioting In Baltimore Streets

BALTIMORE (AP) -- A woman who hit and pushed a boy to remove him from the riots in Baltimore is being hailed by the police commissioner and others online.

Video of the woman, presumably the boy's mother, shows her smacking him on the head as other youths throw bricks, rocks and other objects at police near a mall Monday afternoon.

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"I wish I had more parents that took charge of their kids out there," Baltimore Police Commissioner and former Oakland Police Chief Anthony Batts said of the video.

The woman has not been identified.

Police asked parents in a series of tweets to get their children inside after groups of youths became violent.

The riots started hours after the funeral for Freddie Gray. He suffered a critical injury while in police custody.

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