Police arrested a school bus driver and student Friday after video footage showed her striking the teen in the head several times. (Kenner Police Department)
I hope she gets off lightly.
Posted on 01/27/2016 1:59:36 PM PST by BBell
A school bus driver caught on video striking a teenage student in the head several times was arrested Friday and booked with simple battery, the Kenner Police Department announced Saturday night (Jan. 23).
According to a news release, police received several calls at 7:15 a.m. Friday about a school bus fight in the 1200 block of Veterans Boulevard in Kenner. The driver, identified by authorities as Michelle Bratton, told police the male student refused to sit in his assigned bus seat, so she approached him and told him to leave the bus, which led to an argument between them.
Bratton, 44, told police the 13-year-old spat on her, which caused the fight. Authorities learned there was cell phone footage of the altercation, and say it shows Bratton outside the bus and striking the teen in the head with a closed hand.
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Police arrested a school bus driver and student Friday after video footage showed her striking the teen in the head several times. (Kenner Police Department)
I hope she gets off lightly.
You go girl!
IIRC, that's misdemeanor assault and battery ... and supports a claim of self-defense by the victim.
In the olden days isaw bus drivers toss unruly students off and make them walk miles home.
I’m a fairly big guy and if she told me to sit down...
Well...I’d probably sit down.
She looks like she could hit pretty hard.
Lemme guess. The little thug is another of obama’s sons who din do nuffin, is a good boy, attends church every night and twice on Sunday, is turning his life around, is an aspiring rapper and wants to go to college. There likey isn’t a father in the picture and mama is too scared of the little punk to smack him into behaving like a civilized human being. Now, this bus driver will be out of a job and have this on her record despite the punk deserving a smack against his dumb head. The punk will get suspended a week and be back on the bus ready to at it with the new bus driver.
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