RoseRed
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Prosecutors say the older boys were seeking revenge after the 13-year-old told teachers that they tried to sell him drugs.
The juvenile justice department is recommending nine months probation and anger management for two of the accused.
The third, the alleged ring leader, is facing an additional robbery charge for allegedly stealing money from the victim after the beating.
http://www.cnn.com/2013/08/14/justice/florida-bus-beating
All the driver had to do was tell them to stop and they did. Instead if speaking up immediately, he waited until the victim had been beaten to a pulp by three worthless thugs before he said a word. That is inhumane. IMO, the driver showed reckless disregard for the safety of the children in his care. He didn't have to lay a hand on the thugs, all he had to do was speak up. Instead he chose to watch the poor boy who was cornered in the bus seat with no way to get away or defend himself against the brutal attack by three assailants at once.
I am a small statured woman. I was a substitute teacher for six years. I never, ever put up with bulling if any kind, ever. If I had been in the bus I would have been on those delinquent boys so fast they wouldn't have gotten in a second punch.
In my opinion, the driver purposely ignored the attack for as long as he could. If there had been no camera or voice recording, I doubt he would have spoken up at all.
MOO
I disagree. Remember, the driver is still in control of the bus that has just pulled to a bus stop. When the beating starts, he first has to make sure the bus is safe, stopped and brake on, maybe even kill the engine. Then he HAS to call in the attack. If he goes to confront the kids before calling it in, and then gets attacked himself, there is no guarantee that any help is coming. Then he goes back to yell at the kids. Despite the Police Chief's statement, the driver has NO obligation to jump in. In fact, most likely the driver believed (perhaps correctly) that he is prevented from doing so. There is also no doubt in my mind that if he had jumped in, he would have been beaten too. There is a big difference in a woman of small stature jumping in, and a full grown man. That woman is much less likely to be attacked, and much much less likely to be charged or sued. That is just reality. We may look at that video and say the driver had a moral obligation to jump in to protect that boy, but that is a totally different issue.
A school bus fight that erupted between several teens has left three 15-year-olds accused of aggravated battery after leaving a 13-year-old boy with a broken arm in Gulfport, Fla.,
All the driver had to do was tell them to stop and they did. Instead if speaking up immediately, he waited until the victim had been beaten to a pulp by three worthless thugs before he said a word. That is inhumane. IMO, the driver showed reckless disregard for the safety of the children in his care. He didn't have to lay a hand on the thugs, all he had to do was speak up. Instead he chose to watch the poor boy who was cornered in the bus seat with no way to get away or defend himself against the brutal attack by three assailants at once.
I am a small statured woman. I was a substitute teacher for six years. I never, ever put up with bulling if any kind, ever. If I had been in the bus I would have been on those delinquent boys so fast they wouldn't have gotten in a second punch.
In my opinion, the driver purposely ignored the attack for as long as he could. If there had been no camera or voice recording, I doubt he would have spoken up at all.
MOO
... and NO OTHER student tried to intervene either which tells me that everyone is afraid of those three morons