Cleveland Bus Driver Suspended After Decking Unruly Female Rider With Brutal Bolo Punch

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A Cleveland municipal bus driver has been suspended after video surfaced this week showing him decking a mouthy female rider with a bolo punch.

The confrontation between the Greater Cleveland Regional Transit Authority (RTA) worker and the unidentified woman was apparently filmed by another rider. It is unclear from the above clip, however, what triggered the dispute.

[WARNING: The video is peppered with curse words and racial slurs.]

The driver of bus 2802 leaves his seat after the woman appears to strike him. "You going to jail now," the driver says twice before throwing an uppercut that knocks the woman to the ground.

The driver then throws the woman off the stopped bus, though she climbs back aboard and tussles with him. "She want to be a man, I'm gonna treat you like a man," the driver announces at one point.

RTA officials believe the fight occurred on September 18. The unidentified driver was suspended this week, with city officials describing his behavior as "absolutely unacceptable." In a press statement, the agency added, "RTA apologizes to our customers for this incident. A full investigation continues."

[crosshairs]

Lots of noise in that bus. Sounded like banana time in the monkey cage. Or the TGI Fridays in Greenbelt, MD. on a Saturday night.

[Perdogg]

Did she use her 0bamaphone?

[TurboZamboni]

good thing it wasn’t a BOGO punch or the 2nd punch would have been free.

[struggle]

or a YOLO punch...she could have died!

[milford421]

Saw the video...certainly looked like the woman decked him first. Self-defense on the part of the bus driver.

[Former Proud Canadian]

Classy bus riders in Cleveland.

On the other hand, she can really take a punch.

[TurboZamboni]

As Ric Flair says, “To BE the man, you gotta beat the man.”

WOOOO!

[wideawake]

The atmosphere on the bus seems to have had a decidedly non-First World feel.

[Mr. K]

if she hit him first I say give the driver a medal

[trisham]

Uncivilized thugs.

[crosshairs]

The atmosphere on the bus seems to have had a decidedly non-First World feel.

The bus driver should bring along a white person with him at all times. That way he won't be attacked, but the white person would be instead.

[dead]

Great comment at the linked site:

"If Barrack obama had a smart mouth sister who rode a bus, she would resemble this woman."

[SharpRightTurn]

“The atmosphere on the bus seems to have had a decidedly non-First World feel.”

Agreed. This is vintage third-world zoo.

[MrB]

bump...

sort of a “stalking white guy” instead of a stalking horse.

[paul51]

you going to jail now...but first....LOL

[USFRIENDINVICTORIA]

No one should have to put up with being physically attacked in his or her workplace. (The passenger hit the driver first.)

I’m going to take a wild guess here — this incident helps explain the low ridership levels on public transit

[Mr Ramsbotham]

Two long-standing social conventions were violated in that exchange. The first was that a man should never use his physical prowess to gain an advantage over a woman. The second is that a woman should never use the first to gain an advantage over a man.

[Kid Shelleen]

The “woman” will sue the bus company and make a fortune..

I bet every plaintiff lawyer in Cleveland is looking for her..

[Liberty Valance]

*sigh* really makes you want to visit Cleveland doesn’t it?

[nascarnation]

I left in the early 80s when “boy wonder” mayor Kucinich took Cleveland into default. It was a good move on my part.