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"We welcome and encourage any assistance the public is willing to give us at all times." Brianna Ashanti Lofton a Raleigh, North Carolina mother is arrested after video of her giving her infant child marijuana to smoke going viral. There are a lot of bad parents in this world who make terrible. "We appreciate the public's help in this matter," said RPD Lieutenant Jason Hodge. Brianna Ashanti Lofton of Raleigh, NC has been arrested after a viral video showed her giving her 1-year-old baby marijuana to smoke. Triangle residents and others began reaching out to Raleigh police around 9:30 a.m. The video was widely shared with comments admonishing the mother and urging law enforcement to get involved. The baby has been placed with Wake County Child Protective Services. Brianna Ashanti Lofton is charged with two counts of felony child abuse and possession of marijuana. She has been taken to the Wake County Detention Center. Mother arrested after viral video of baby smoking small cigar sparks outrage on social media. Warrants obtained by WRAL News confirm the child was smoking marijuana and state the incident happened around December or January. 20-year-old Brianna Ashanti Lofton from North Carolina is the mother of the one-year-old in the video seen smoking. Police have arrested and charged 20-year-old Brianna Ashanti Lofton with two counts of felony child abuse, contributing to delinquency and possession of marijuana, WRAL reported. Last Wednesday, a viral video of a baby smoking a blunt landed a mother in jail. Raleigh police arrested a woman and placed her one-year-old child into child protective services on Wednesday after video circulated on Facebook of the child smoking, authorities said.