Mom punches toddler in the mouth on a city bus

Boston, Massachusetts - A mother accused of punching her toddler son in the mouth on a city bus and shouting expletives at him was surrounded by a hostile crowd of passengers until police arrived. Transit police say the 25-year-old Erica Ryan punched her 1-year-old son and called him names for refusing to eat. A hostile crowd of passengers surrounded her and wouldn’t let her off the bus until authorities arrived. Dried blood was around the baby’s mouth, police said. “I was just trying to feed my baby on the crowded bus, then my hand slipped and I hit him in the mouth,” Ryan said.  More