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Police: School Bus Camera Catches Mom Beating Student with pictures...
local10.com ^
| December 15, 2004
| local10
Posted on 12/15/2004 9:25:51 AM PST by crushelits
LAKE COUNTY, Fla. -- A Lake County mom convicted of simple assault after a school bus camera caught her beating a student who had gotten into a fight with her daughter didn't show up for her sentencing Tuesday.
PICTURES: Watch Our Blow-By-Blow Slideshow Of The Fight
The video, which was recorded in October, shows three girls throwing punches at the back of a school bus as a woman in a white shirt, Rita Gooden, walks back. The camera shows Gooden push her daughter out of the way, then strike another girl, Cassandra Ross. Ross appears to be pinned to a back seat out of view of the camera as the apparent beating continues.Gooden walks off the bus in full view of the camera shouting, "One more time."Ross then walks up to the front of the bus and can be heard telling the driver, "I'm bleeding because of her. Look what she (expletive) did to me."Ross's mother was furious Gooden failed to show up for court."This woman's being charged with simple assault. There's nothing simple about it. She tried to kill my child," she said.Gooden faces up to a year behind bars.
TOPICS: News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: beating; bus; camera; catches; mom; police; school; student
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To: crushelits
So wassup? This is a non story. Bratty teens and exasperated driver. Teens should start walking to school and driver needs training in hog tying the spoiled brats.
61
posted on
12/15/2004 2:27:58 PM PST
by
eleni121
(Best AG ever: John Ashcroft)
To: Michael.SF.
This is the last line:
Gooden faces up to a year behind bars. The line before that quotes Ross's mother.
Explain.
62
posted on
12/15/2004 2:31:54 PM PST
by
thegreatbeast
(Quid lucrum istic mihi est?)
To: Snardius
I would do the same if I found some kid beating up on my kid... Can't say as I blame the mom. I'd give her a slap on the wrist and give the bully weeks of community service. I find it sad that so many children are brutalized, and so few parents do anything about it.
63
posted on
12/15/2004 2:39:29 PM PST
by
Aquinasfan
(Isaiah 22:22, Rev 3:7, Mat 16:19)
To: Aquinasfan
After reading through the posts it looks like I got the story wrong. Poorly written report.
64
posted on
12/15/2004 2:46:13 PM PST
by
Aquinasfan
(Isaiah 22:22, Rev 3:7, Mat 16:19)
To: Snardius
I would do the same if I found some kid beating up on my kid... If I was the dad of the kid you beat - you'd be getting 10 times as worse as you deliver, and since these days I'd be sued for it - I'll make sure I get my money's worth.
65
posted on
12/15/2004 2:56:30 PM PST
by
Dan from Michigan
("BZZZZZT You are fined one credit for violation of the Verbal Morality Statute")
To: crushelits
Looks like she's beating the student with her fists. 'Course, they might be very small pictures...
66
posted on
12/15/2004 2:58:24 PM PST
by
Junior
(FABRICATI DIEM, PVNC)
To: thegreatbeast
Click and read the article.
67
posted on
12/15/2004 3:14:08 PM PST
by
Michael.SF.
("My only regret in life is that none of my children are gay." - Sharon Osborne)
To: Michael.SF.
What Weezel said in #49 was exactly what happened. I saw the whole tape on tv last night.
The worst part of it was when the mother's daughter and friend go back to the back of the bus to administer a beating, the school bus driver just stands there watching.
The bus driver THEN gets off the bus and tells the mother her daughter is in a fight (I'm assuming the bus driver is rolling up to the bus stop as the fight breaks out).
Mom then gets on the bus, watches for a sec, then proceeds to pummel the girl herself.
To: Michael.SF.
I did before it was updated. Still sounds like a gang beating. AND IS TOTALLY INAPROPRIATE BEHAVIOR FOR AN ADULT. HER DUTY WAS TO BREAK UP THE ALTERCATION.
69
posted on
12/15/2004 3:25:20 PM PST
by
thegreatbeast
(Quid lucrum istic mihi est?)
To: AppyPappy
Resist beating up a DEFENSELESS girl, yes - ending an attack on one of my family members - I'll take action.
70
posted on
12/15/2004 3:29:41 PM PST
by
TheBattman
(Islam (and liberals)- the cult of Satan)
To: thegreatbeast
I am not sure the problem here, but either I am not making myself clear, or you are having difficulty understanding me. Let me make it clear and specific:
The woman deserves to be punished.
I think 12 months in jail and having her kids taken away is excessive (based on the evidence that I had read at the time of the post).
I am willing to withold judgement, until I have heard ALL the evidence.
71
posted on
12/15/2004 3:31:02 PM PST
by
Michael.SF.
("My only regret in life is that none of my children are gay." - Sharon Osborne)
To: cripplecreek
You must have large underwear if it fits a 10-point buck
72
posted on
12/15/2004 4:15:53 PM PST
by
tai-pan
(God Bless us everyone!!)
To: VeniVidiVici
Mom then gets on the bus, watches for a sec, then proceeds to pummel the girl herself. The way the article is written (besides very poorly) gives no indication of any of that. Nor does it address the color of the girls involved. From what you ans Weezil have said this now sounds like a hate crime (except of course only whites are guilty of that).
73
posted on
12/15/2004 4:24:48 PM PST
by
Michael.SF.
("My only regret in life is that none of my children are gay." - Sharon Osborne)
To: Michael.SF.
The video shows the story better than the article.
To: Liberandos
I don't think many watched the video on this thread.
To: Dan from Michigan
My comments were the result of a knee-jerk, poorly thought out response to the feeling that if my kid were getting beat up by another kid, I would come to the aid of my kid. I don't know that I would beat the other kid up...but would try to stop the fight and protect my kid from further attack. If the other kid attacked me, however, I wouldn't just stand there and take it.
If I was the dad of the kid you beat - you'd be getting 10 times as worse as you deliver, and since these days I'd be sued for it - I'll make sure I get my money's worth.
And you'd probably be justified in doing so, unless your kid was in the wrong attacking my kid or anyone else.
76
posted on
12/16/2004 11:07:53 AM PST
by
Snardius
To: Snardius
My comments were the result of a knee-jerk, poorly thought out response to the feeling that if my kid were getting beat up by another kid, I would come to the aid of my kid. I don't know that I would beat the other kid up...but would try to stop the fight and protect my kid from further attack. If the other kid attacked me, however, I wouldn't just stand there and take it. This I can understand and have no problem. The image I had of the last post is a 200 lb man slugging away at a 110lb 12 year old(and the reason for my rather harsh reaction).
77
posted on
12/16/2004 3:16:31 PM PST
by
Dan from Michigan
("BZZZZZT You are fined one credit for violation of the Verbal Morality Statute")
To: Dan from Michigan
OK, how did you know I weighed that much...:)
78
posted on
12/16/2004 7:43:19 PM PST
by
Snardius
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