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GiaGiovanni

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39. I don't know about expulsion. That's a good question.

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Mon Aug 5, 2013, 11:15 PM

Aug 2013

I'll have to check.

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Driver says he did all he could during Florida school bus beating [View all] steve2470 Aug 2013 OP

Did you see that beat down ceonupe Aug 2013 #1

no, I'm sure it's very awful nt steve2470 Aug 2013 #2

I ddidn't see it and don't want to Warpy Aug 2013 #4

Get the cops there FAST? You make me laugh. Bake Aug 2013 #22

The only thing that will improve a bully is a beating. MindPilot Aug 2013 #23

Well, one good punch will do it Warpy Aug 2013 #24

" A night in jail might improve some of them." Nuclear Unicorn Aug 2013 #50

Those three "kids" were pretty darned big. Only thing I could imagine a driver doing and not get KittyWampus Aug 2013 #3

Oh you surely don't know schools dsc Aug 2013 #5

Leave the driver alone! Archae Aug 2013 #6

Sadly, had he stepped in sarisataka Aug 2013 #7

So if a school bus driver steps in to protect SheilaT Aug 2013 #8

What corporation owns the buses? GiaGiovanni Aug 2013 #10

I think he would be fired, yes steve2470 Aug 2013 #11

But do those posting here actually know the policy SheilaT Aug 2013 #13

the article cited school board policy steve2470 Aug 2013 #14

I don't see anything that indicates he'd be fired for stepping in, SheilaT Aug 2013 #20

Many times in broadly simillar situations, that is EXACTLY... TheMadMonk Aug 2013 #36

The article states sarisataka Aug 2013 #16

Is it really that surprising? Posteritatis Aug 2013 #21

Driver didn't do anything. He was old and scared. 3 attackers (older) were relentless. GiaGiovanni Aug 2013 #9

The three couldn't possibly have *really* hurt the driver or the student Bonx Aug 2013 #19

There's actually a big difference between 13 and 15 in boys GiaGiovanni Aug 2013 #25

That driver would have had to be a strong and skilled fighter to break that up aikoaiko Aug 2013 #12

I feel for the driver, nothing he could do. geek tragedy Aug 2013 #15

It's true that public employees LWolf Aug 2013 #17

Watching the video gave me pause GiaGiovanni Aug 2013 #18

Maybe. LWolf Aug 2013 #28

I'd like to see you at work! GiaGiovanni Aug 2013 #29

Something interesting to me: LWolf Aug 2013 #33

That's something I wish I had GiaGiovanni Aug 2013 #34

This message was self-deleted by its author GiaGiovanni Aug 2013 #26

The boy assaulted appears white exboyfil Aug 2013 #27

The three 15-year olds were charged with felonies, but they're back with their parents GiaGiovanni Aug 2013 #30

I would assume expulsion exboyfil Aug 2013 #38

I don't know about expulsion. That's a good question. GiaGiovanni Aug 2013 #39

That there are differences in reactions to these events based only on skin tone.... cigsandcoffee Aug 2013 #32

The victim was white and 13. The assailants were African American and 15 GiaGiovanni Aug 2013 #37

There's more to the story: knitter4democracy Aug 2013 #42

I agree totally exboyfil Aug 2013 #44

There's no reason to give up on the school just yet. knitter4democracy Aug 2013 #45

The three could just as easily jumped the boy exboyfil Aug 2013 #46

There would still be evidence. knitter4democracy Aug 2013 #47

Three punk ass cowards. MrSlayer Aug 2013 #31

Not this time exboyfil Aug 2013 #53

No but in the future. MrSlayer Aug 2013 #54

This fit 6'2, 200 33 year old trans woman would have intervened but almost certainly gotten the MillennialDem Aug 2013 #35

Here is more information exboyfil Aug 2013 #40

What the hell was the school thinking? GiaGiovanni Aug 2013 #41

Just posted that upthread. knitter4democracy Aug 2013 #43

They should be charged with attempted murder. All three. HughBeaumont Aug 2013 #48

Probation recommended for two of them exboyfil Aug 2013 #52

The bus driver would have had to have responded with a great amount of force for his action to be penultimate Aug 2013 #49

If you are old enough to kick somebody who's lying on the ground... DetlefK Aug 2013 #51