The 2-year-old who gained attention after an online video of him swearing went viral will remain with his teenage mother , a judge ruled Monday . An Omaha juvenile court judge ruled Monday that the toddler and his mother would be placed with the same foster family . In the video , the diapered boy is taunted and cursed at by adults , who coax him into using crude words . The toddler knocks down a chair and responds to some of the comments with a middle-finger salute . The 17-year-old mother and her son had been removed from their home and placed in protective custody after the video surfaced last week , but officials said their removal had little to do with the video , CNN affiliate KETV in Omaha reported . Last week , the mother defended her son in an interview with KETV . CNN is not identifying the mother or her son because they are juveniles . `` He 's a smart little boy . All that cussing that he did , he does n't do that , '' the mother said . `` Somebody told him to do that . My son does n't do that . I do n't allow it . '' She said a friend of her brother filmed the video while she was in another room . `` He was wrong for doing that ... posting the video up and getting us into this situation , '' she said . `` Everybody that thinks I 'm a bad mother , I 'm not . I 'm a good mother to my son . I teach him a lot . He 's very smart . '' The police union in Omaha posted the clip on its website to highlight what it called the `` cycle of violence and thuggery '' the community faces . Afterward , the Omaha Police Officers Association came under fire from the city 's police chief , the American Civil Liberties Union of Nebraska and at least one community leader . They say posting the video needlessly antagonized minority communities , which make up about a quarter of Omaha 's 409,000 residents . The ACLU said the union 's use of `` racially charged language '' was `` very disconcerting . '' Sgt . John Wells , the union 's president , said the video was `` disturbing '' and `` offensive . '' `` The focus here is n't on any particular ethnic group . The focus here is on the troubling behavior toward this child , '' Wells said . `` This behavior is going to potentially lead this child down a path that is completely unhealthy . '' Members of the police union turned the video over to the department 's child victim unit , Wells said .
A judge rules the toddler and his mother should live with the same foster family . Video shows toddler bombarded with obscenities , coaxed to respond in kind . `` He 's a smart little boy . All that cussing that he did , he does n't do that , '' mom tells TV station . The ACLU and a community leader blast a police union that posted the video .