Posted on 02/21/2020 5:23:15 PM PST by lowbridge
In the wake of a sharp rise in assaults, Metropolitan Transportation Authority bus drivers say they’re under attack.
On Thursday, they gathered to send a message to riders and law enforcement, CBS2’s Aundrea Cline-Thomas reported.
“I’m just lucky to be alive, because I could be in a coma today or be in a morgue today,” bus driver Matthew Ashby said.
Underneath the Band-Aid above Ashby’s left eye are 10 stitches. He was attacked last week by an unknown man who boarded his B15 bus in East New York, Brooklyn and hit him with a medal padlock.
Ashby said no words were ever exchanged.
“I thought I was going to die,” Ashby said, when asked what was going through his mind as he was attacked.
MTA officials gathered with bus operators and representatives from the Transport Workers Unionon Thursday to say enough is enough. According to officials, almost every week a bus driver is physically assaulted — and the number of incidents is on the rise.
Verbal attacks and getting spit on are even more common.
“And then guess what? If we retaliate, our job is on the line,” bus driver Chester Francis said.
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It's open season on citizens.
And your public union endorsed and gave money to get your current mayor elected.
Escape from NY City!
https://www.imdb.com/video/imdb/vi2175074585?playlistId=tt0082340&ref_=tt_ov_vi
What kind of medal?
Why assault the bus driver>?
Is this mental illness afoot? Or something else?
The Drivers need to get one of those Information Jobs from Nanny Bloomberg.
hit him with a medal padlock
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Metal padlock.
Unless it was a Bronze Star padlock......../s
Just call the cops. Oh, wait, they’re under attack too!
Call the mayor. Oops, I forgot, he’s the one causing the attacks.
Maybe New Yorkers need some ‘off the books’ type protection.
Does Bernie Goetz still live in NYC?
Medal of St. Padlock
Soon bus drivers will be behind Plexiglas like convenience stores.
Maybe! I had something a bit more ‘organized’ in mind.
Which is what will happen all over the country if the rule of law continues to disintegrate.
:)
NY state law increases the degree of the offense if the victim is a Gov’t employee carrying out duties, potentially to the point of permitting bail be posted. I wonder if bus drivers count.
He can thank de blobio and frodo coooomo.
The rat political crime syndicate has a hold on the city and state. This is the problem
yes....these same people elect the same scum all the time and they wonder things are getting so bad......
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