Posted on 12/14/2007 2:50:32 AM PST by beaversmom
Patrick Green and Robert Rothe told WBAL TV 11 News that they were antagonized and attacked after boarding the No. 64 bus late Monday night in south Baltimore.
The men, who are white, said the attackers yelled racial slurs and that no one on board, including the driver, stepped in to stop the attack. MTA surveillance cameras captured four men boarding the bus at the Hanover Street stop Monday night, moments before Green and Rothe got on.
Green and Rothe said they believe other passengers were afraid to help and that the driver refused to call for help.
"We were saying the whole time to the driver, 'You need to help us, call the police,'" Green told 11 News reporter Kerry Cavanaugh. "He said, 'I can't. I'll get in trouble.'"
Roth said the driver closed the door and drove away, even though the attack continued once they got off the bus.
"We could've been left on the side of the road, dead," Rothe said.
MTA officials said the driver of the bus is currently not operating a vehicle while the incident is being investigated.
MTA officials said they're not currently classifying the incident as a hate crime. They said they're simply calling it a common assault.
Green and Rothe said they're mad it took MTA officials three days to release photos of the suspects.
Anyone with information is asked to call MTA police at 410-454-7720.
In a similar incident, Sarah Kreager said she suffered broken facial bones and other injuries after she was punched, kicked and dragged off a bus Dec. 4. Kreager's companion, Troy Ellis, was also attacked, but not beaten as severely.
That incident is still under investigation.
Got news for yah, I’ve had a few white friends who have been attacked by the inner city kidz klub, black officers showed up,..non responsive to their plight or antagonistic.By the way, all my friends who got robbed or roughed up were in “nice parts” of Atlanta.Can you guess how many got cheap”.38s”, for Christmas I gave out(?), now they can all shoot, they go to the firing range a lot.I figure over the past few years I have armed 9 women, 3 more and I’ll have an equivalent jury!
Why a Doberman? Rottweilers are fierce. I also like Labrador Retrievers but they are not fierce./Just Asking - seoul62.........
All noted, sorry for my ignorance./Just Asking - seoul62.......
Still have my doubts about what started this.
Still hardly any info. I’d like to see more about this driver, not calling police as the Kreager driver said was SOP.
Although, maybe he’s been threatened, too.
Are you quoting Bill Cosby? ;-)
I guess I could be, but I thought it before he said it.
No. We much rather use cameras on every street to remotely ticket and point you for “speeding” or going through a red light. Well, at least your CAR, if not you.
Maryland “Freak State” PING!
Good luck in getting a carry permit for those in Murderland. And don’t forget to sign your medical records release to the MSP when purchasing a firearm. Thank you and have a sheeple day!
So what happened to his ears? They were floppy when he was sleeping, sticking straight up when he was awake.
No, I wouldn't.
People here have guns.
Fine with me. And I'll thank the gun owners for the deterrent effect that they provide for unarmed, law-abiding citizens like me. (And hopefully, sooner or later, I would become one of them.)
We don't worship the police or the government (or at least most of us don't).
That's because you are neither mentally ill nor muslim-worshiping Euro-trash wannabes. Thank G*d.
We think speed limits on the expressways are a joke.
I'm happy when I'm doing ten above.
We don't have snow (or as it turns out any precipitation).
Some occasional rain would be nice. I wouldn't miss the friggin' snow, however.
We prefer getting in our vehicles to taking public transport.
So do I.
We still slightly prefer freedom over the government's false promises of security.
Yessssss!
Most people here if given the choice of a free years subscription to the New York Times or a six pack of coke would take the six pack of coke.
I'd prefer a six-pack of Dr. Pepper. :-)
New Yorkers and other yankees, you will really feel uncomfortable here.
NO, I WILL NOT. Cross my heart, hope to die, stick a Georgia peach in my eye!
Oh and did I mention people here have guns?
Yes, you did. Praise be!
(Fellow Georgians, did I do a good enough job?)
No, you forgot to mention your displays of the honorable Confederate battle flag! :-D
It's just a damn shame this great line is too long for a tagline!
Savages.
Black America had best wake up before it’s too late. Lots of folks getting very, VERY fed up.
...and before any of you say it, no, the article didn’t specify the race of the attackers nor did it have to.
They finally arrested one of the "Stop Snitching" thugs.
Thanx :-)
Not all of us have confederate flags - some spend the money on more ammunition. It is unfortunate that my kid is employed in the African city of Baltimore, so I go to visit from time to time, and I get to hear the latest outrages inflicted by Marx, Lenin, and O'Malley
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