like really see her but when i heard "put that brick down" i was like oh that's my mother. >> everybody boy knows his mama's voice. toya graham has been praised for taking control of the situation but there's been backlash of social media as well. some are questioning the hypocrisy of praising graham for the smackdown amid the violence in baltimore but graham says her only concern at that point was keeping her son safe. >> i worry about him walking out my front door. it's just the life that we live around here. you don't know if you walk out the door if you're going to walk back in the door. >> for his part michael says he's learned a lesson. >> well my mother talked to me about it she was just like what did they do to you? did they ever hurt you? i'm like no they didn't hurt me but some of my friends not here because of what they did. >> so the enormous social media response to this story