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VIDEO: Man arrested after jumping onto moving school bus in Maryland
http://www.wptv.com/news/local-news/water-cooler/video-man-arrested-after-jumping-onto-moving-school-bus-in-maryland
PARKVILLE, Md. - Cellphone video recorded a man clinging onto a moving school bus in Maryland, ordering the driver to open the door.
Baltimore County police said the incident happened around 3:15 p.m. on Oct. 5.
Several witnesses told police that the man had attempted to stop the school bus after a bottle was allegedly thrown from the bus and struck the man's vehicle. The man banged on the doors, attempted to get inside, but the driver refused to open the doors.
The man then went to the front of the bus and jumped onto the front hood while the bus was moving forward.
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Pholus
(4,062 posts)And yes, I am one. But.
Normal people would have written down the school bus number and called the school. They have video cameras on busses these days, probably would have had a news story about disrespectful kids throwing bottles.
Instead we get to see some cr*psack old man throwing a massive temper tantrum.
Trump's just making America great again!
deepthought42
(2,779 posts)Reacted that way no matter who is president. We don't exactly have the best drivers around Parkville....
But yeah, his behavior reeks of stereotypical angry old white guy. Smh
Initech
(99,914 posts)ProudLib72
(17,984 posts)Response to jpak (Original post)
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pintobean
(18,101 posts)There is no mention of race in the linked story or video.
cwydro
(51,308 posts)EL34x4
(2,003 posts)No word on the race of the student who threw a bottle at his vehicle but Loch Raven Technical Academy is 67% black.
pintobean
(18,101 posts)Why does race matter, here?
The bus driver is white, too. Does that imply something?
Students throwing things at cars will piss off the driver, regardless of the race of anyone involved.
EL34x4
(2,003 posts)I can't blame the guy for being pissed as hell. I would be too.
Aristus
(66,093 posts)A sense of proportion never hurt anyone.
I'm sure his precious truck survived.
Visiting criminal assault on someone, though?...
EL34x4
(2,003 posts)When is throwing a projectile at a moving vehicle ever a good idea?
Kid deserved to get his ass kicked. Sorry but this shit ain't a joke.
Nevernose
(13,081 posts)He tried to barge his way onto his school bus (tip: angry guy in an NRA hat is screaming incoherently and trying to force his way onto a bus full of children, DO NOT LET HIM IN) and then he attacked the actual BUS. He was hanging from the front of it and refused to get off. But a bottle maybe could have caused an accident? Any claims that he was concerned for safety are ludicrous because he attacked a bus. Who attacks a bus? Crazy people.
LanternWaste
(37,748 posts)Or his gender...
pintobean
(18,101 posts)His gender is mentioned in the linked story.
B2G
(9,766 posts)You will NEVER see an 'angry black man' entitled post on DU.
Hassin Bin Sober
(26,272 posts)America's number one problem!!
B2G
(9,766 posts)Unless that's what you're going for, that's a bad thing.
demmiblue
(36,746 posts)liberalhistorian
(20,809 posts)is a stereotype cooked up by the white establishment to slap down, disdain and deter any kind of response at all to the daily discrimination and racism faced by black men and women and other minorities. That way it can be twisted around to make the victim look crazy and thus maintain the white supremacist structure. I'm white, in my fifties, and have seen that dynamic all the time. So, that racist trope "angry black man" has no place here.
B2G
(9,766 posts)But the answer to getting rid of such stereotypes is not to create new ones.
left-of-center2012
(34,195 posts)Why did the school bus driver keep driving down the street?
I'd think he should have stopped immediately,
kept the doors closed,
and called the cops.
Flaleftist
(3,473 posts)If the idiot got hurt, that's on him. For all the driver knew, he could have had a weapon or forced open the doors and hurt someone.
former9thward
(31,802 posts)Should the bus driver run him over? If I was the school district I would have fired the driver after seeing the video. If the man had slipped the bus would have run him over. The bus driver does not get to give out the death penalty.
Thor_MN
(11,843 posts)Useless hypothetical questions.
former9thward
(31,802 posts)If he had fallen he would have been run over. The driver did not care in the least. The driver should be fired.
Hassin Bin Sober
(26,272 posts)... the hood of the bus.
The best course of action is to leave the area quickly. The old man doesn't get to take over a bus by standing in front of it. That's on him if he falls.
The proof is in the pudding. The guy was unhinged. He could have been armed.
Thor_MN
(11,843 posts)"Should the bus driver run him over?"
Useless hypothetical. Didn't happen. Waste of time.
former9thward
(31,802 posts)Which you are ignoring.
Thor_MN
(11,843 posts)Typical worthless opinions which are argued to the death.
Have a good day.
womanofthehills
(8,579 posts)The drivers first responsibility is the safety of the children, not some crazy guy with no anger control.
Flaleftist
(3,473 posts)I doubt the school board or parents will disagree with the driver's actions. He was trying to break into the bus and his behavior was irrational. If he had been injured because he decided to jump in front of a bus, that would be his fault. The driver did appear to be driving slowly, limiting the risk to the crazy guy who tried to board the bus full of kids. If this was a family in a van, castle doctrine might apply depending on the state and it could have been worse for him.
womanofthehills
(8,579 posts)Mr crazy man does not get to board a bus of school children.
ProfessorGAC
(64,420 posts). . .and call 911? The bus driver couldn't have known someone hit the car with a bottle. Presumably the bus driver was looking where he or she was driving.
womanofthehills
(8,579 posts)11 Bravo
(23,922 posts)if someone hit my car with a thrown bottle, I'd be pretty fucking pissed off as well.
bdamomma
(63,654 posts)people are walking around with very short fuses.
EL34x4
(2,003 posts)Doreen
(11,686 posts)for evidence called the police and the school.
Angry white man teaching our children how to handle unwanted issues properly.
sarcasmo
(23,968 posts)linuxman
(2,337 posts)oberliner
(58,724 posts)Would you have said "angry black man" if he was African-American?
hunter
(38,264 posts)Yeah, I think bumper riding guy thought his white privilege would open the door, and he was really, really upset when it didn't.