Outrage as 'mother uses her baby girl as an UMBRELLA' during a heavy rainstorm

  • Woman held the child above her head as she ran to car outside a shopping mall
  • She hesitated and ran back to shops, believed to be in Baton Rouge, Louisiana
  • The young girl, and the woman, were both wearing a T-shirt and shorts

This is the mind-boggling moment a woman uses a baby as an umbrella during a rainstorm, sparking outrage on social media.

In night-time video footage, the lady - dressed in shorts and a T-shirt - can be seen holding the little girl above her head as she runs towards a car in a parking lot outside a shopping mall, believed to be in Baton Rouge, Louisiana.

She then hesitates and darts back towards the shops, still holding aloft the poor child, who is wearing matching pink T-shirt and shorts, to protect herself from the downpour.

It is not known whether the woman is her mother but she clearly isn't concerned about the child catching a cold - just as long as her hair is kept nice and dry. 

The clip, which has had almost 5million views on Twitter, was shot by an astonished onlooker in a car, who simply exclaims: 'Bruh!' 

Not surprisingly, the rainstorm clip has generated a different sort of storm on social media.

One poster wrote: 'So instead of covering the baby's head, she just gone cover her head with the baby?'.

A woman was caught on camera using a baby as an umbrella during a rainstorm, sparking outrage on social media
She was seen holding the little girl above her head as she ran towards a car in a parking lot outside a shopping mall, believed to be in Baton Rouge, Louisiana

A woman was caught on camera using a baby as an umbrella during a rainstorm, sparking outrage on social media. She was seen holding the little girl above her head as she ran towards a car in a parking lot outside a shopping mall, believed to be in Baton Rouge, Louisiana

Another said: 'Wait... she's protecting her hair with who she's suppose to protect!?' 

Meanwhile, one posted: 'Damn she low down... u at the store buy a umbrella.'

Finally, the tweet that summed up most people's feelings: 'I've honestly lost faith in the human race.'

Social media went into a frenzy after the 'baby umbrella' clip was posted

Social media went into a frenzy after the 'baby umbrella' clip was posted

 

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