“This afternoon around 12:40 p.m. near Ashley Dr. and Tyler St. in downtown Tampa, The Tampa Police Department responded to a call of a mother, in apparent distress walking in the street with her 5 children barefoot.
According to the Tampa Bay Times, they were told by the police department that the mother was putting her children’s safety at risk.
“Officers intervened when the mother attempted to walk on the interstate out of concern for the safety of her and her children,” the Times reported.
Officers were trying to prevent the children from being harmed while trying to detain the mother.”
The mother and her children are barefoot walking near an interstate in the video, which is alarming.