now with sergeant john wells president of the omaha police officers association union which reposted the video and cnn legal analyst and former prosecutor sonny hostin. sonny, you say it was wrong for them to post this video. why? >> it was. i mean, i think that it certainly may have been well intentioned. but the identity of the child, anderson, wasn't protected. i think it was exploitive of the child. and i think it also perpetrated stereotypes. when i looked at this video as a former federal prosecutor, someone who has tried child abuse cases, i clearly saw a case of child abuse, verbal abuse, the child is not even dressed appropriately. the child is being badgered by adults. yet in posting the video, i looked at the web site and i quote they said we don't see anything in this video that is blatantly illegal. that is really shocking to me. and i think what was so profound for me, anderson, you know my background. my mother got pregnant when she
made the radio, posted it online. the omaha police officers union reposted it to highlight what they call the cycle of violence and thuggery that the community faces. outrage followed at the apparent child abuse and exploitation of a 2-year-old for someone's cheap entertainment and say some critics by the police association to make what might or might not be a legitimate point in what they see as a racially inflammatory way. as we mentioned, for the first time the child's mother is speaking out. talking to dave roberts, reporter at cnn affiliated ketv. because she's a minor, 16, we're concealing her identity and bleeping out her name from his report. >> the video he had a clean diaper, the house was clean. like they said, kids cuss. every kid does it. so he's a smart little boy. and all the cussing he did, he doesn't do that unless the person that told him to do that, my son doesn't cuss like that. i don't allow it. >> reporter: the 16-year-old mom says a friend of her brother filmed the video while she was
state will relocate the family again. >> they didn't come because of the video. they really came because of the gang violence and everything that happened with us. >> reporter: currently [ mute ] is not living with her son but gets to see him. she hopes what people see online doesn't haunt her family forever. >> it hurts. it does. >> reporter: that was david roberts reporting. now continuing the conversation, now with sergeant john wells president of the omaha police officers association union which reposted the video and cnn legal analyst and former prosecutor sonny hostin. sonny, you say it was wrong for them to post this video. why? >> it was. i mean, i think that it certainly may have been well intentioned. but the identity of the child, anderson, wasn't protected. i think it was exploitive of the child. and i think it also perpetrated stereotypes. when i looked at this video as a
more outrage in more ways than just about anything we've sena long time. for the first time we're hearing from the mother of that omaha, nebraska toddler who's seen in diapers on camera repeated obscenities being hurled at him with grownups off camera egging him on. here's a small sample. we're we've blurred the toddler's face. >> say bitch. >> that's why you can't fight. say "you're a bitch." >> so what hood you from? >> a friend of the boy's uncle made the radio, posted it online. the omaha police officers union reposted it to highlight what they call the cycle of violence and thuggery that the community faces. outrage followed at the apparent child abuse and exploitation of a 2-year-old for someone's cheap entertainment and say some critics by the police association to make what might or might not be a legitimate point in what they see as a racially inflammatory way. as we mentioned, for the first time the child's mother is
now, after a viral video, the state will relocate the family again. >> they didn't come because of the video. they really came because of the gang violence and everything that happened with us. >> reporter: currently [ mute ] is not living with her son but gets to see him. she hopes what people see online doesn't haunt her family forever. >> it hurts. it does. >> reporter: that was david roberts reporting. now continuing the conversation, now with sergeant john wells president of the omaha police officers association union which reposted the video and cnn legal analyst and former prosecutor sonny hostin. sonny, you say it was wrong for them to post this video. why? >> it was. i mean, i think that it certainly may have been well intentioned. but the identity of the child, anderson, wasn't protected.
>> say bitch. >> a friend of the boy's uncle made the radio, posted it online. the omaha police officers union reposted it to highlight what they call the cycle of violence and thuggery that the community faces. outrage followed at the apparent child abuse and exploitation of a 2-year-old for someone's cheap entertainment and say some critics by the police association to make what might or might not be a legitimate point in what they see as a racially inflammatory way. as we mentioned, for the first time the child's mother is speaking out. talking to dave roberts, reporter at cnn affiliated ketv. because she's a minor, 16, we're concealing her identity and bleeping out her name from his report. >> the video he had a clean diaper, the house was clean. like they said, kids cuss. every kid does it. so he's a smart little boy. and all the cussing he did, he doesn't do that unless the person that told him to do that, my son doesn't cuss like that. i don't allow it. >> reporter: the 16-year-old mom