Baltimore Teen Smack Down Showed A Lot More, Pt. 1

Watching the video of the mom swooping down on her masked teenage son in the midst of rioting in Baltimore, I thought, "That's my girl!"  I instantly knew what she was feeling. I knew that she was determined to save her son.  At that moment, she didn't care what she looked like or who was watching as she yelled, cursed, pushed and slapped him repeatedly, all in an effort to force him to go home.

She rushed towards him like an angry teenage girl who was about to fight her worst enemy in high school--arms flailing, hair swinging and full of determination to end this mess right now.  I wondered