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by **yialousa1971** » Sat Aug 10, 2013 5:37 pm

Florida school bus driver watches 3 black teens savagely beat white boy

Published on 3 Aug 2013

August 3, 2013 Gulfport Florida - Three students are accused of beating a younger student aboard a Pinellas County school bus.

Officials said the bus driver from Lealman Intermediate School called for help when three students "ganged up" on a 13-year-old student, kicking and punching the victim.

The driver stopped the bus near 20th Avenue South and 51st Street. Police said the suspects used the emergency exit of the bus to escape.

Joshua Reddin, Julian McKnight, and Lloyd Khemradj, all 15 years old, were arrested a short time later.

An investigation revealed one of the suspects had tried to sell drugs to the victim in a school bathroom. The victim notified officials at the school. Later that day, the suspects and victim rode the same school bus home.

Officials said the victim tried to crawl under a seat on the bus as the suspects punched and kicked the victim for roughly a minute, police said.

The victim suffered a fractured arm. Police say Joshua Reddin also took the victim's money after the beating.

All three teens are charged with aggravated battery. Reddin is also charged with unarmed robbery. All three have been released from police custody.

McKnight's father says the attack is not his son's normal behavior.

The bus driver is off the road while Pinellas school officials review his actions.

Gulfport Police Chief Robert Vincent says he can understand the driver not getting involved during the fight, but he says he has questions about how long it took for the driver to tend to the injured victim.

Lealman Intermediate is a drop-out prevention school in St. Petersburg

by **yialousa1971** » Sat Aug 10, 2013 5:39 pm

Published on 4 Aug 2013

Gulfport, Florida -- Pinellas County prosecutors say they will not charge a school bus driver for not intervening in a fight between students last month.

Cell phone video recorded on John Moody's bus on July 9 showed three 15-year-old students from Lealman Intermediate School beating a 13-year-old. The victim was left with a broken arm, cuts and bruises.

The video that captured the fight also showed no one trying to stop it, not even the bus driver. Moody, 64, is a 17-year veteran with the school district.

"When the fight started on the bus, he did stop the bus and call dispatch," explains Melanie Marquez Parra, spokesperson with the Pinellas School District. But police say Moody did little else.

Moody retired following the school district's internal investigation and Gulfport Police turned the case over to the state attorney's office for prosecution. But on Thursday, prosecutors said Moody's actions -- or lack thereof -- did not rise to the level of child neglect.

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by **CBBB** » Sat Aug 10, 2013 5:41 pm

by **potassium** » Sat Aug 10, 2013 5:47 pm

I see no real attention from the US media about this yet that chimp, Trayvon, is labeled as a hero.
US has no hopes.

by **Cap** » Sat Aug 10, 2013 5:54 pm

The weak, elderly and defenseless are natural targets.
They sometimes come without any rhyme or reason, perplexing for any rational minded person.

Nothing new Yialousa.
All you're doing is putting yourself in a bad light.