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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsBaltimore mom speaks out..I don't want him to be a Freddie Gray
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Baltimore mom speaks out..I don't want him to be a Freddie Gray (Original Post)
one_voice
Apr 2015
OP
yes. as i said, there is a lot of different stories in this video. i do not want that womans son
seabeyond
Apr 2015
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seabeyond
(110,159 posts)1. yes. as i said, there is a lot of different stories in this video. i do not want that womans son
to be another freddie gray, either.
NOLALady
(4,003 posts)2. Of Course she doesn't.
No Mother wants to see a child die like Freddie Gray.
ChisolmTrailDem
(9,463 posts)3. Mother of the Year! nt
bravenak
(34,648 posts)4. Of course.
I'd have snatched up my child too.
boston bean
(36,408 posts)5. Of course she doesn't.
She loves him and cares for him.
Sometimes your kid does something that scares the shit out of you so bad and so dangerous that you do what you have to do in the moment to get them safe.
They were in the middle of an extremely dangerous situation and she did what she had to do.
840high
(17,196 posts)6. This lady is one great Mom.
Number23
(24,544 posts)7. You can almost smell her fear when she grabs her son. Her reaction was heartfelt and real
I don't blame her one bit. She obviously loves her son and wanted him out of danger.
GreatGazoo
(3,951 posts)8. "The oppressed oppress" - Socrates
What she doesn't seem to get is that her son could do nothing, nothing at all except be a young black male, and still "be a Freddie Gray."
MH1
(18,059 posts)9. Yes, but there are ways to increase the probability of it happening, and ways
to decrease the probability.