Watch a Baltimore mom punish her son for throwing rocks in riot

A video making the rounds on social media Tuesday morning shows a woman yelling at a boy who appears to be her son for throwing rocks at police officers during the Baltimore riots that erupted Monday after the funeral of a black man who died in police custody.

The woman follows the masked protester, repeatedly slapping him and saying, “I know that’s you.” The incident was caught on video by WMAR, an ABC station in Baltimore.

Anthony Batts, Baltimore’s police commissioner, mentioned the incident to CNN, saying, “I wish I had more parents who took charge of their kids out there tonight.”

The rioting started in West Baltimore on Monday afternoon — within a mile of where Freddie Gray, 25, was arrested and placed into a police van earlier this month — and by midnight had spread to East Baltimore and neighborhoods close to downtown and near the baseball stadium.

At least 15 officers were hurt, including six who were hospitalized, police said. There were 144 vehicle fires, 15 structure fires and nearly 200 arrests, the mayor's office said.

This story was originally published April 28, 2015 at 10:18 AM with the headline "Watch a Baltimore mom punish her son for throwing rocks in riot."