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I’m very torn on this situation. I wonder what would have been an acceptable way for the woman to act firstly. I don’t agree with beating kids but would he have listened if she had just tried to reason with him?

There were riots here in the UK a few years ago and one mother (I do not know the colour of her skin) was applauded for turning her son in to the police when she saw footage on the news of his involvement. I don’t know why she did that but I assumed it was to teach her son consequences for his actions in the hope of raising a more decent human being.

And what about the race issue here? She said herself that she just didn’t want her son to end up like so many other young black men and my heart really feels for her. She obviously felt that this was the only way to protect her son and that in itself is tragic. However, if a white mother had done the same what would the reaction and reasoning for her actions have been? I know plenty of white mothers who would have reacted in the same way.

This is a very sensitive subject and I didn’t really know how to word it so that I didn’t sound like yet another white person with an opinion on a history that I can’t relate to. I ask because I am interested in the thoughts on this subject and because I would like to learn more. I hope I have worded this sensitively and I apologise if I haven’t.

Topics: relationships, family, Baltimore, race, discipline, punishment, riots