Baltimore ‘Mom Of the Year’: Explains Why She Slapped Her Son, ‘I just lost it’. [VIDEO]
Toya Graham
Chances are, if you’ve followed the coverage of the violent and peaceful Baltimore protests, you’ve peeped footage of a Baltimore mother, getting physical with her son for his participation. The video has went viral swiftly, with some labeling her ‘Mom of the Year’, for disciplining her son in public.
Toya Graham, the mother in question, as since been identified and recently spoke out about the incident. She says that she spotted her 16-year-old son in a crowd of teens vandalizing and looting. Toya, a single mother of six, tells “CBS This Morning“what happened after the video where she showed tough love for her son. She explains:
My intention was to just get my son and have him be safe. And at that point, I knew that whole scene was not safe. It wasn’t safe at all.
Toya says that she knew that kids would be congregating there:
He had told me the night before that everyone was supposed to meet up at Mondawmnin mall. And I said to him, Michael go to school. Don’t go to Mondawmin.
[READ MORE ON THE NEXT PAGE.]
Previous Article
Next Article
Condolences: Cambridge University’s Youngest Black Professor, Jason Arday, Found De@d At 41, Days After Resigning Amid Plagiarism Controversy ![[UPDATE] Pageant Queen Says She’s Not At All’ Sorry After Losing Miss North Carolina USA Crown Over N-Word Use: ‘It’s Your First Amendment Right To Express Yourself](https://thejasminebrand.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/08/image-1786641115-1-620x600.jpeg)
[UPDATE] Pageant Queen Says She’s Not At All’ Sorry After Losing Miss North Carolina USA Crown Over N-Word Use: ‘It’s Your First Amendment Right To Express Yourself 
Howard University Offers Voluntary Buyouts To Roughly 600 Employees Amid Rising Costs & Financial Pressures 
Arkansas State Trooper Sparks Outrage After Allegedly Body-Slamming, Punching Black Teen During Traffic Stop 
Miss North Carolina USA Stripped Of Crown After Alleged Posts Repeatedly Using The N-Word Are Discovered 
Doing Too Much? Hairstylist Allegedly Charging Clients Extra Fee To Book “Silent (Hush)” Appointment 
Johns Hopkins Researcher Released After ICE Detention At BWI Airport Despite Valid Work Authorization 
Judge Tied To Nolan Wells Case Threatened By California Man Who Allegedly Sent Chilling Message: ‘Not Even The FBI Can Stop This’
Love her! #Great parenting #toughlove
More parents should’ve been out there doing the same thing.
We would love to, except for the fact the police would be at our front door.
The MD Police dept. liked it because it made them look good.
Now stand back and watch them get away with murder again. This is what we call ” Legalized Mafia”.
If she was disciplining her son for his grades in the same fashion, she would have been arrested. Fawk these pigs. Good job mom.
I am from Baltimore and I love the way this mom handled her son, I would have done the same. It irritates me how the POLICE applaud her efforts are supportive of her actions because it worked in THEIR favor. Had she just been a mom disciplining her child for improper behavior…they would have locked her up…. REAL TALK!!! But none the less, I am so glad she went to get her child before he got hurt or arrested
You are so right….they ( the white man) took our rights as parents away years ago. Kids are bad today because of that…spank your kids
Good Job Mom, Don’t let your son fall through the cracks….#ShowLove
I dont pay that *it no mind.I still handle mine.She made us Moms that still discipline look good.Keep up the good work Mom!