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Le Taz Hot

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16. Oh, ffs!

Fri Feb 14, 2014, 08:45 AM

Feb 2014

Snowflake started this bullshit. And just to be clear for those who CHOOSE to be blind, I am not condoning the bus driver's actions. I find it interesting that the ONLY thing you to see is poor little snowflake as the only innocent, put-upon party here. If you have kids, here's hoping you have a large basement.

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Wisconsin bus driver punched by teen, throws back, gets fired [View all] jsr Feb 2014 OP

Dunno what I'd have done if driving. I hope I would have stopped the bus and called dispatch. struggle4progress Feb 2014 #1

Really people? JJChambers Feb 2014 #119

And your innocent victim let an uncontrolled bus CRASH into several cars as he exacted revenge rustydog Feb 2014 #128

/sigh JJChambers Feb 2014 #131

Really? Yes. He should have put it in park then gone and restrained the punk. cui bono Feb 2014 #139

Ideally, no, you don't: JJChambers Feb 2014 #142

I'm not victim blaming. I did see later how he was pulled from his seat. cui bono Feb 2014 #159

... me not being there, of course, but I think he should have first stopped the bus. He's RKP5637 Feb 2014 #157

If he had put the bus in park before he went after the kid, rudolph the red Feb 2014 #2

agree. it would seem the firing is more appropriate for hitting cars than hitting his attacker. n/t KurtNYC Feb 2014 #80

exactly Liberal_in_LA Feb 2014 #97

I wonder . . . Brigid Feb 2014 #3

That is what set the kid off, rudolph the red Feb 2014 #23

Message auto-removed Name removed Feb 2014 #150

Well that's no justification for the kid acting irrationally. cui bono Feb 2014 #160

Totally agree, didn't mean to imply that his behavior was justified rudolph the red Feb 2014 #161

He should be fired exboyfil Feb 2014 #4

Good Luck getting a jury to convict the driver of anything warrant46 Feb 2014 #33

I didn't say he should be charged exboyfil Feb 2014 #81

+1 warrant46 Feb 2014 #118

I tend to agree. The driver's first duty is safely securing the bus. Eleanors38 Feb 2014 #120

Well, I think we can see where the problem is here: Le Taz Hot Feb 2014 #5

I have to agree. HappyMe Feb 2014 #6

He has obviously caused trouble on the bus before, since he was given tblue37 Feb 2014 #148

Yeah, that line caused my stomach to flip-flop. Scuba Feb 2014 #7

Or she's calling for charges to be pressed because they should kcr Feb 2014 #9

Or maybe snowflake should have just sat down, Le Taz Hot Feb 2014 #10

You don't know what "snowflake's" problem was kcr Feb 2014 #11

Please show me, on this thread, Le Taz Hot Feb 2014 #12

Easy kcr Feb 2014 #15

Oh, ffs! Le Taz Hot Feb 2014 #16

Not excusing the kid's behavior. Not one bit. kcr Feb 2014 #18

Yeah, and I"m sure she marched snowflake Le Taz Hot Feb 2014 #20

Yep. That's the problem right there. You have no clue about this mother at all. kcr Feb 2014 #21

People have opinions. Le Taz Hot Feb 2014 #22

Sorry, but I calculate a 95% probability or better that the reason the mother wants to press MillennialDem Feb 2014 #24

Few parents would decline to press charges in this scenario kcr Feb 2014 #26

Again, the mother wants to do that because he hit her son, not because he left the MillennialDem Feb 2014 #28

You do not know that. kcr Feb 2014 #31

How come as far as know, 20 other parents aren't wanting to press charges? MillennialDem Feb 2014 #37

They aren't? kcr Feb 2014 #42

If you watch the video he had no choice but to fight back too. He didn't chase the teen down or MillennialDem Feb 2014 #30

I saw the video and I disagree. kcr Feb 2014 #32

Ok, how is the driver supposed to stop the vehicle while the kid is continuously MillennialDem Feb 2014 #35

He got up out of his seat and went down the isle delivering the beatdown kcr Feb 2014 #40

They fall/scuffle down the aisle as part of one continuous act (the fight). If you've MillennialDem Feb 2014 #43

Whatever. But the addition of the fact he's a bus driver kcr Feb 2014 #57

There is a point at which the boy kicks the driver away and then runs to the back exit. tblue37 Feb 2014 #155

I don't know what video you were watching.... Hassin Bin Sober Feb 2014 #53

The video I was watching was of a bus driver and a driver's seat kcr Feb 2014 #59

Ok, let's get in your car and I'll punch you and pull you away from the wheel. I bet you can't MillennialDem Feb 2014 #63

Okay. Let's clime a burning tower and rescue a kitten! kcr Feb 2014 #65

The kid did not pull the driver away from the wheel. Javaman Feb 2014 #67

The ARTICLE states that? And articles are never wrong? Watch the damn video closely and MillennialDem Feb 2014 #70

Both the article and the video show the kid didn't pull him out of the seat. n/t kcr Feb 2014 #72

I don't care what some idiot local reporter wrote or some company bureaucrat wrote. Hassin Bin Sober Feb 2014 #73

again the kid endangered everyone..... gasman09 Feb 2014 #85

And again. Not excusing the kid. He's been charged with a felony. As he should be. kcr Feb 2014 #88

The perp 15 year old is a thug and hoodlum warrant46 Feb 2014 #36

Message auto-removed Name removed Feb 2014 #125

If it wasn't for their snowflake Politicalboi Feb 2014 #116

But the kid hitting the bus driver..... gasman09 Feb 2014 #83

Did I say that?!?!??!?!?!?!?!?!?! n/t kcr Feb 2014 #89

Did you even watch the video warren 46 posted? DragonBorn Feb 2014 #99

Sure did. I've watched it several times now. kcr Feb 2014 #101

Ha ha my word choice upsets you? DragonBorn Feb 2014 #106

I know I can't answer them? kcr Feb 2014 #107

I dont find thug to be offensive. You seemed to take offense to it. DragonBorn Feb 2014 #111

Street fight. In a street. Not on a bus. See the difference? kcr Feb 2014 #112

Hahahaha my word choice is the best rebuttal you can offer? DragonBorn Feb 2014 #114

No, my point had nothing to do with your word choice kcr Feb 2014 #115

The driver's responsibility for securing the bus is to be determined... Eleanors38 Feb 2014 #121

Another shocker n/t kcr Feb 2014 #123

"The bus crashing can burn us all to death". Let's get real here why don't we. Hassin Bin Sober Feb 2014 #133

Yes, let's get real kcr Feb 2014 #134

At least my argument is grounded in the reality of what really happened. Hassin Bin Sober Feb 2014 #135

The argument it was okay for the bus driver to do what he did kcr Feb 2014 #136

Can you remind me again what the final result was? Hassin Bin Sober Feb 2014 #137

Hey, bus drivers! kcr Feb 2014 #138

LOL because texting and driving is the same as defending yourself from a violent attack. Hassin Bin Sober Feb 2014 #141

No. kcr Feb 2014 #143

Derp derp texting DUI crash crash flaming dead bodies derp derp. Hassin Bin Sober Feb 2014 #144

Yep kcr Feb 2014 #145

....^ 840high Feb 2014 #90

I agree... one_voice Feb 2014 #96

I do teach today and your broad brush assessment of kids and their parents arely staircase Feb 2014 #127

Or it's possible you remember those parents kcr Feb 2014 #140

that ten percent are the ones that school administrators live in terror of arely staircase Feb 2014 #146

I don't doubt that kcr Feb 2014 #149

well as for the woman in the OP arely staircase Feb 2014 #151

It doesn't say the charges were for hitting her son kcr Feb 2014 #153

I got the impression it was for hittng her son arely staircase Feb 2014 #156

It's not an unreasonable argument to say she shouldn't be the one kcr Feb 2014 #158

the whole thing arely staircase Feb 2014 #162

He should have stopped the bus then and there... ananda Feb 2014 #8

Why did the kid sucker punch the bus driver? This fad of B Calm Feb 2014 #13

Driver should have called the police and pressed charges Lurks Often Feb 2014 #14

Wait, what? "The bus crashed into several cars" Javaman Feb 2014 #17

No. He's a hero! kcr Feb 2014 #19

Said no one. Ever. Le Taz Hot Feb 2014 #45

... kcr Feb 2014 #47

I'm sorry, Le Taz Hot Feb 2014 #48

And I'm sorry kcr Feb 2014 #55

So, the answer is "no." Le Taz Hot Feb 2014 #58

No... kcr Feb 2014 #64

That is pretty much what the dumbass kid should have done. HappyMe Feb 2014 #49

No excuse for what the kid did kcr Feb 2014 #71

I'm not outraged. HappyMe Feb 2014 #74

Yes, he should. kcr Feb 2014 #75

If the little asshole had not punched the driver - HappyMe Feb 2014 #76

I know. If a butterfly had never flapped its wings across the ocean kcr Feb 2014 #77

Kid is charged with two felonies, driver is not charged with anything. Hopefully he MillennialDem Feb 2014 #50

Why on earth should the driver get anything? kcr Feb 2014 #69

Yeah, the OP conveniently left out that part in the title, lol - he deserved to be fired. reformist2 Feb 2014 #27

Watch the video. He got up to defend himself because the kid was continuously MillennialDem Feb 2014 #38

so, let me get this straight... Javaman Feb 2014 #54

Well, let's see you try to CONTROL and DRIVE and STOP a bus while I pull you MillennialDem Feb 2014 #56

really? really? Javaman Feb 2014 #61

Let's get in your car and I'll punch you and pull you away from the wheel and see if you MillennialDem Feb 2014 #66

as I responded to your duplicate assertion above... Javaman Feb 2014 #68

And you believe everything you read. lol gasman09 Feb 2014 #87

No, but I believe my eyes. OnlinePoker Feb 2014 #91

+1 nt Javaman Feb 2014 #93

if the bus had hit someone the kid very well could be seen as the proximate cause of the person's arely staircase Feb 2014 #163

On the other hand if he took out a gun and shot the kid to death (even if the bus crashed) MillennialDem Feb 2014 #25

Why are you obsessed with gunz? Eleanors38 Feb 2014 #122

GDS (Gun Derangement Syndrome)... Some people just can't shake it. cherokeeprogressive Feb 2014 #152

Wisconsin bus driver leaves seat of moving school bus to punch minor, gets fired. Iggo Feb 2014 #29

WI bus driver stands up while teen is holding and punching him. FIXED MillennialDem Feb 2014 #39

Kid is at fault PowerToThePeople Feb 2014 #34

It was apparently a city transit bus, not a school bus ... surrealAmerican Feb 2014 #78

Is the kid in juvenile lockup for assault? PowerToThePeople Feb 2014 #79

There are no school buses in this town. dickensknitter Feb 2014 #82

Well, he should have stopped the bus before leaving MineralMan Feb 2014 #41

He should have put the bus in Park and then beat the shit out of that teen badtoworse Feb 2014 #44

Hard to judge someone harshly in the sich. Boom Sound 416 Feb 2014 #46

That fool left the wheel to throw punches? Catherine Vincent Feb 2014 #51

Watch the video, the kid is pulling him away from the wheel AND punching him. MillennialDem Feb 2014 #52

Thanks Catherine Vincent Feb 2014 #62

See my post #91 OnlinePoker Feb 2014 #92

Yeah, fire the bus driver, because you'd definitely have reacted so much better in his situation Distant Quasar Feb 2014 #60

I misunderstood the OP. This guy wasn't a school bus driver. lumberjack_jeff Feb 2014 #84

Hope they do more to this kid than exboyfil Feb 2014 #86

Damn right they should fire him, and possibly jail him as well. Donald Ian Rankin Feb 2014 #94

I posted the same responce upthread to someone else DragonBorn Feb 2014 #100

Watch the video yourself - all of it. Donald Ian Rankin Feb 2014 #103

No. DragonBorn Feb 2014 #117

Both people wrong. BlueCheese Feb 2014 #95

had he parked the bus before pounding on the snot-nosed punk, no charges or even wrongdoing geek tragedy Feb 2014 #98

Everyone talking trash about this bus driver DragonBorn Feb 2014 #102

You really don't need to know much more than reality to know to put the bus in park siligut Feb 2014 #104

When? DragonBorn Feb 2014 #108

The bus driver lost track of his first priority siligut Feb 2014 #110

So wait, this idiot just let the bus keep on rolling and didn't bother to stop? penultimate Feb 2014 #105

Message auto-removed Name removed Feb 2014 #109

Good. obxhead Feb 2014 #113

I'll let the investigation run its course, but your definition of ADULT Eleanors38 Feb 2014 #124

It stopped being self defense when he followed the child to the back of the bus. obxhead Feb 2014 #129

We'll see. My notion of self-defense has small bearing on life-status. Eleanors38 Feb 2014 #164

Actually it has no bearing on age. obxhead Feb 2014 #165

Still not determined as to the driver's culpability and Eleanors38 Feb 2014 #166

I haven't even read any of the other comments here arely staircase Feb 2014 #126

He would have been fine if he stopped the bus first. DemocratSinceBirth Feb 2014 #130

Let's be real here. The bus never got over 2 or 3 MPH and had a minor fender bender ... Hassin Bin Sober Feb 2014 #132

Post removed Post removed Feb 2014 #147

In Florida, it seems, no problem. He could've slipped out his gun CW and killed him, kicked him RKP5637 Feb 2014 #154