Father of teen charged in Florida school bus beating says son is 'sorry'

FoxNews.com ^ | 8/13/2013

[RoosterRedux]

The father of one of three Florida teens charged in a vicious school bus attack said his son is “sorry” for taking part in the July beating that made national headlines.

As the trio headed to court on Tuesday, Julian McKnight said his son Julian, 15, has also suffered in the aftermath of the July 9 attack on a Pinellas County school bus after it left Lealman Intermediate School in the St. Petersburg-area community of Gulfport.

“All I can say is he’s had his consequences already, you know?” McKnight said. “We’re sorry what happened to the victim, but that’s just the way it is. My son ain’t never been no bad person, he just got mixed [up] with bad people, that’s all … He’s sorry.”

[RoosterRedux]

He's sorry it was caught on film.

[BenLurkin]

“All I can say is he’s had his consequences already, you know?”

He is prison as we speak?

[JRandomFreeper]

He has a father. Color me shocked.

/johnny

[AtlasStalled]

I doubt he’s genuinely sorry.

[Colonel_Flagg]

“All I can say is he’s had his consequences already, you know?” McKnight said. “We’re sorry what happened to the victim, but that’s just the way it is. My son ain’t never been no bad person, he just got mixed [up] with bad people, that’s all … He’s sorry.”

From the department of "It's Fixed Because I Said So."

[Pan_Yan]

We’re sorry what happened to the victim, but that’s just the way it is.

Now if that's not remorse I don't know what is.

[RushIsMyTeddyBear]

“My baby never hurt nobody.” Blah blah blah.

[pieceofthepuzzle]

Kids are kids. The real problem, without a doubt, is that the adults in charge of shepherding the emotional and spiritual growth of these kids are either not committed sufficiently as parents, or are driven by their own racist and hate-filled demons. This is what leads to generations of Jew-hating Islamists in the Middle East, and it is what will lead to progressive fracturing of American society.

[alancarp]

Dad is lucky he still has a son. If the victim was allowed to have been armed, then his son might have learned what the ‘stand your ground’ law really means.

[jonrick46]

Paula Deen said she was sorry. It didn’t work.

[Cowboy Bob]

I hope the victim’s family sues the school district as well as the parents. Oh, and they should sue the school administration too. After all, they are the ones who squealed on the kid in the first place.

[Jakarta ex-pat]

"My son ain’t never been no bad person"

He just HATES white people.

so give him a pass!

[knittnmom]

“sorry, but...” is a false apology.

[SWAMPSNIPER]

Rachel says azzwhuppins ain’t no big deal!

[RedMDer]

Ok. Charge him as an adult and send his sorry ass to jail.

[ogen hal]

He’s only “sorry” that he wasn’t able to steal the whitey’s wallet.

[Verginius Rufus]

Greta discussed this incident last night with Allen West. She wondered who tipped off the three kids that the white boy had been the one who reported their drug-dealing, and why the three black kids were allowed on that bus which was not the one they were supposed to be riding on.

The other day Geraldo talked about this incident--said he had heard reports of the incident on several channels but only Fox identified the attackers as African Americans.

[RedMDer]

Ask miss etiquette.

[Not A Snowbird]

“We’re sorry what happened to the victim, but that’s just the way it is.

What kind of apology is that?!

[GOPJ]

His son’s a bad person.

His son chose the people he got ‘mixed up’ with... everyone knows that. It was his choice. Period.

It’s sad the father offered that excuse for his son... an excuse that will teach his son NOT to accept responsible for his actions. That’s one of the reasons blacks are at the bottom of the culture.