He would not have to apologize to me, even if he had booted the smartass kids in the ass
The only issue here is ... will any of this keep the young lady from being harassed on the bus?
That is the only ‘good’ that can come of this.
Had it been my kid doing the bullying not only would he not have to apologize to me, I would apologize to him and also explain that my kid would be sitting in pain for a week after I got done with his behind.
Some things you just have to turn a blind eye to within reason, a father defending a handicapped daughter he loves from bullies is one of them IMHO.
His daughter will know no peace now.
Folks these days apologize for doing the right thing, and take pride in doing the wrong thing.
FWIW, read the comments at the article.
Very soundly defending the dad.
The bus driver stood by and did nothing. I think the guy did right, he defended her and let the bullies have a little taste of fear.
Screw with a man’s daughter, you just might pay a price. It leads to a better society. This needs to happen more,, like when a teacher makes young girls lick condoms in sex ed class, etc.
At least he’s remorseful. However, I still hope the judge throws the book at him. Adults shouldn’t be able to get away threatening to kill children, period, end of story.
It’s a sad state of affairs when a father can’t threaten to whoop a bully’s @ss!
>> [the father] was ordered to stay away from the driver and county school buses.
My inclination is to defend the father, and excoriate the school and bus system for neglect.
He would not ever have to apologize to me. If my kid were on that bus and one of his daughters tormentors that child would know the wrath of God!
Jones told deputies the boys had placed an open condom on his daughter's head, smacked her on the back of the head, twisted her ear and shouted rude comments at her, the Seminole County Sheriff's Office report shows."
Jones previously complained to School Administrators who chose to do nothing about the problem.
I can understand how the Dad snapped.
I believe that the school authorities should be forced to apologize for "failing to handle" the situation. I sympathize with this man and abhor the position that he was placed in. If I had a handicapped child (or any child for that matter) who was being bullied, I would probably have behaved very much as he did. Now that he has been brow-beaten into confessing the sin of attempting to defend his child, the school authorities are off the hook and they are now in a position of being able to point to him as the guilty party.
This whole thing stinks as far as I'm concerned.
I’d be damned if I’d apologize.
Did you hear those kids laughing? Basically they were just mocking the father for yelling at them!
For good or bad, I might very well have done the same. A lot of kids these days — probably most of them — need to be scared into next week in order to get through to them that life isn’t just about THEM.
The police and school system made too much of this. It is not a far stretch to think that after this man pays his $2000 fine, the school board will be paying $200,000 for violations of his daughter’s civil rights. It appears she is a member of several protected classes including female, African American and disabled. He appears humble, though, and contrite, and perhaps doesn’t believe in suing for every slight. Nevertheless, police and prosecutors should tread very lightly. Very few people will side against this man, and anyway his violations of law have nothing to do with the rights of his daughter (title 9, ada, etc).
Waiting for the whole story. Wonder if he had discussed the problem with the school’s principal, with the bus driver? Often, these days, you can do all the right things and get no results!
I’m afraid if I were in his shoes, I might have done something similar if official channels hadn’t worked. Then, there is always, drive your daughter to school and pick her up while bullies are being dealt with properly, or keep her home.
There are new rules in place to protect people, especially children from being bullied. Might as well use all the P.C. stuff when you can!
Tough one....my daughter has CP and MR, and bullies are a way of life for her. If I threatened every kid or stranger who bullied my daughter, or made fun of her, etc, I’d get no work done. I wish I had defended her more.
Another comment.....the article says that the dad explained his daughter suffers from CP. My daughter hates that term....she tells people she doesn’t suffer from it, she lives with it.
Incidentally, the worst case of bullying I ever had to deal with came from two adults. Kids can be cruel, but adults can be vicious.