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Baltimore bus driver suspended after fight with passenger
Video of altercation viewed thousands of times online
By Kevin Rector, The Baltimore Sun
8:23 a.m. EST, November 14, 2012
The video shows a bus driver fighting a girl — and this time it was shot in Baltimore.
A Baltimore bus driver has been suspended by the Maryland Transit Administration pending a police investigation into an altercation between her and a young female student on the No. 40 bus line about 2 p.m. Monday, according to a MTA spokesman.
A video of the fight was posted on YouTube and the website worldstarhiphop.com and later reported by TMZ, and had already been viewed thousands of times as of Tuesday night. It comes on the heels of another video of a male bus driver punching a young woman on a bus in Cleveland that attracted national attention after going viral on the Internet.
In the video out of Baltimore, the bus driver can be seen grappling with the female student. The student appears to punch and kick the driver multiple times as the driver tries to hold the girl down. The bus driver finally seems to overpower the student, and asks her if fighting somebody makes her "feel better."
Other passengers quickly move out of the way. One passenger tells the bus driver to leave the girl alone. The driver appears to say the fight was "about being disrespectful."
Another passenger suggests the girl get the "bus number" and "sue" the driver.
Terry Owens, the MTA spokesman, said the bus driver has worked for the MTA since 2003. He did not know exactly where the bus was when the altercation occurred.
Owens said MTA Police have interviewed the driver and the student, neither of whom he identified, and are continuing their investigation. He was not sure whether witnesses to the fight, including the passenger who uploaded the video, had been interviewed.
"Police will review the YouTube video. They are also pulling the video from the bus to see if it provides a more thorough picture of what happened," Owens said.
The MTA recently installed audio recorders on 10 buses in the city to test a new program that would eventually outfit all 600 buses used by the MTA each day with the devices. Owens said investigators are looking into whether the bus in question was one of the 10 already equipped.
"The YouTube video does have some audio on it, so our guys will be able to listen to that and see where the investigation takes us," Owens said.
In the video out of Cleveland, a male bus driver appears to punch a young woman in the face before throwing her off the bus. It is not entirely clear whether the bus driver was assaulted first. The video registered shock across the country.
Owens said he did not know how many MTA drivers in Baltimore had seen the Cleveland video, but all are aware of the MTA's "very clear" policy about engaging passengers.
"While they receive some conflict-resolution training, our procedure is for operators not to engage a passenger if there's a problem on a bus," Owens said. "Our operators are trained to call a supervisor. If there appears to be any serious threat of bodily harm, then they are expected to call radio dispatch and have a police officer come to the scene."
Owens said the safety of passengers and employees is the MTA's top priority.
"It's what we preach every day," he said.
The investigation is ongoing, Owens said.
http://www.baltimoresun.com/news/maryland/crime/blog/bs-md-ci-bus-fight-20121113,0,7533222.story
Video of altercation viewed thousands of times online
By Kevin Rector, The Baltimore Sun
8:23 a.m. EST, November 14, 2012
The video shows a bus driver fighting a girl — and this time it was shot in Baltimore.
A Baltimore bus driver has been suspended by the Maryland Transit Administration pending a police investigation into an altercation between her and a young female student on the No. 40 bus line about 2 p.m. Monday, according to a MTA spokesman.
A video of the fight was posted on YouTube and the website worldstarhiphop.com and later reported by TMZ, and had already been viewed thousands of times as of Tuesday night. It comes on the heels of another video of a male bus driver punching a young woman on a bus in Cleveland that attracted national attention after going viral on the Internet.
In the video out of Baltimore, the bus driver can be seen grappling with the female student. The student appears to punch and kick the driver multiple times as the driver tries to hold the girl down. The bus driver finally seems to overpower the student, and asks her if fighting somebody makes her "feel better."
Other passengers quickly move out of the way. One passenger tells the bus driver to leave the girl alone. The driver appears to say the fight was "about being disrespectful."
Another passenger suggests the girl get the "bus number" and "sue" the driver.
Terry Owens, the MTA spokesman, said the bus driver has worked for the MTA since 2003. He did not know exactly where the bus was when the altercation occurred.
Owens said MTA Police have interviewed the driver and the student, neither of whom he identified, and are continuing their investigation. He was not sure whether witnesses to the fight, including the passenger who uploaded the video, had been interviewed.
"Police will review the YouTube video. They are also pulling the video from the bus to see if it provides a more thorough picture of what happened," Owens said.
The MTA recently installed audio recorders on 10 buses in the city to test a new program that would eventually outfit all 600 buses used by the MTA each day with the devices. Owens said investigators are looking into whether the bus in question was one of the 10 already equipped.
"The YouTube video does have some audio on it, so our guys will be able to listen to that and see where the investigation takes us," Owens said.
In the video out of Cleveland, a male bus driver appears to punch a young woman in the face before throwing her off the bus. It is not entirely clear whether the bus driver was assaulted first. The video registered shock across the country.
Owens said he did not know how many MTA drivers in Baltimore had seen the Cleveland video, but all are aware of the MTA's "very clear" policy about engaging passengers.
"While they receive some conflict-resolution training, our procedure is for operators not to engage a passenger if there's a problem on a bus," Owens said. "Our operators are trained to call a supervisor. If there appears to be any serious threat of bodily harm, then they are expected to call radio dispatch and have a police officer come to the scene."
Owens said the safety of passengers and employees is the MTA's top priority.
"It's what we preach every day," he said.
The investigation is ongoing, Owens said.
http://www.baltimoresun.com/news/maryland/crime/blog/bs-md-ci-bus-fight-20121113,0,7533222.story
I saw THIS bus driver try to restrain a person that was attacking her. I don't see the problem here unless there is another video that shows something more.
The bus driver was in the right.
Parent(s) ain't gon' raise 'em, well, other adults have to...the hard way!
Parent(s) ain't gon' raise 'em, well, other adults have to...the hard way!
How can you say the bus driver was right, when you don't know what started it?
If you have a child, in what situation can a stranger lay their hands on them?
And what's with these passengers, just filming it and you're going to hell at her to stop and say she's wrong
If you have a child, in what situation can a stranger lay their hands on them?
And what's with these passengers, just filming it and you're going to hell at her to stop and say she's wrong
Doesn't matter man. I don't know how things work with the transportation in other cities. But here in Dallas, there's people who sit on the buses. Undercover. And we have a LARGE transpo police department which can have a responder on the scene when the driver calls within 3 - 5 minutes. We have cameras on the buses as well. All you have to do is keep your mouth SHUT. And call the Dallas Area Rapid Transit police(and they think they're real cops with 3x's less the training). Keep your job. Call the cops. She could've been hurt. The young girl could've been hurt.
And it will land you in more trouble you just don't NEED in your life.
Here's one.....
As a bus driver I ask only this question, did we become less human because we drive the bus? Are we supposed to take abuse because we are the "professionals"? Do you let people treat you any kind of way on your job? The full incident is not even revealed here in this video. But what is the one thing heard clearly at the end, which unfortunately is always the ultimate goal of some people is, "Get her bus number and name ans sue them". One of these drivers really going to snap one of these times.
Gotta see another video because the fight was in the back of the bus which means the driver could have been the agresser by actually going to the back. If the youngin was just talking and the bus driver came and put her hands on her due to the slick talk, the driver could lose her job.
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Bus driver gave her that "act right". You see how calm and tranquil light brite was after that ass whoopin.
Every "service" person is viewed as less human. Are they? No. None of that has anything to do with keeping your job, and living to fight another day. If you don't care about your job? I can't say anything about it. That's the choice you made. Say fuck your job. Fight these stupid people and walk off the bus, TAKE THIS JOBBBB AND SHOVE IT... I AIN'T WORKIN HERE NO MORE! Get yourself a loan and start your own business.
I hear what you're saying. I work out at the Y and the main rule is put the weights back when you're done. When the attendants see people not doing it they politely ask them to re-rack them. Sometimes you get teenagers that get out of pocket when an attendant asks them to do that and it gets close to fights in there. (especially the kids with rich parents) The Y naturally sides with the customer because they want to avoid a lawsuit.
One kid actually said he wasn't going to put his weights back because he knew it would fuck with dude and his dad was a judge. Blah blah blah. He wasn't talking that shit outside though.
what!! no uppercut 
I know that bus driver and fuck her. She purposely leave people running for the bus.
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I know that bus driver and fuck her. She purposely leave people running for the bus.
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Get a car.
I'm in college and I get a free bus pass. I drive less to save gas. Got any more assumptions?
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I know that bus driver and fuck her. She purposely leave people running for the bus.
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