Dad arrested after he boards school bus to confront bullies

EpyonXero · 09-20-2010, 02:11 PM

http://today.msnbc.msn.com/id/392323...ay-parenting/#

The kid has cerebral palsy.

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LAKE MARY, Fla. — A father who took matters into his own hands after his daughter told him other children were harassing her has caused some troubles of his own.

James Jones, 42, is facing two misdemeanor charges of disorderly conduct and disturbing a school function following his tirade on a Florida school bus on Thursday.

Jones, who is out of jail on bond, admitted he is at fault for storming into the school bus, police said.

“It was a mistake. I made that mistake (and) I'm trying to pay for that. I'm worried about my daughter, that's all I'm worried about,” he said.

Jones told investigators that he was only sticking up for his daughter when other students at Greenwood Lakes Middle School were picking on her.

A surveillance video from the bus showed Jones using profane language as he threatened students who his daughter said had put open condoms on her head and hurt her by smacking her on the back of her head and twisting her ear.

“Now everybody sit down; sit down,” Jones said on the surveillance tape. “Show me which one. Show me which one.”

The video showed Jones' daughter pointing him in their direction.

“This is my daughter, and I will kill the (expletive) who fought her,” Jones said on the video.

Alonzo Brundidge, 13, said he got scared after Jones started yelling at him and his friends.

“He said he was going to (expletive) the bus driver up first, and he (then) he was going to do it to everybody else,” he said.

His mother, Aileen Brundidge, was beside herself with anger on what happened.

“I was upset to the point where I wanted to cry,” she said.

Jones said he felt bad for threatening the children, but he said there's nothing else that he could do to protect his daughter.

“I do feel bad. I do feel bad, I told you that. (But) there's nothing else I could do,” Jones said.

Officials with the Seminole County Sheriff's Office said Jones should have called them instead of scaring the students on the school bus.

OneSickPsycho · 09-20-2010, 02:16 PM

So is the mom angry at the dude for yelling at her son, or because her son was such a douche?

the chi · 09-20-2010, 02:17 PM

Um, these kids are physically picking on a child with special needs and folks are upset they got yelled at?!

They need their asses beat. He could have gone about it differently, but the hoodlums are lucky he didnt beat their asses. And the bus driver for letting it happen.

Trip · 09-20-2010, 02:24 PM

Give the guy a fucking medal, not arrest him.

shmike · 09-20-2010, 02:27 PM

Agree with all of the above.

Tmall · 09-20-2010, 02:28 PM

Should have kept his ass off the bus. He went about it the wrong way, and now he'll be the one to pay for it, instead of the kids picking on his child.

Dumb move on his part.

Trip · 09-20-2010, 02:29 PM

No one was shot, hopefully the douchebags learned a valuable lesson without dying, it seems like that is what it takes for school officials and police to recognize how bad bullying situations have become in this country because everyone is so lawsuit crazy and officials are afraid to do anything because they are scared of lawsuits..

101lifts2 · 09-20-2010, 03:12 PM

People get picked on, but the bullies need their asses beat every now and then to keep them in check.

I applaud the dad.

z06boy · 09-20-2010, 03:42 PM

Although the dad was flat out wrong for boarding the bus and cursing/threatening the bus driver and kids....I can't honestly say that I may not have done the same thing in this situation.

I 'hope' that I would have taken it up with the proper authorities first...and then if that didn't work I'd go for option #1.

pauldun170 · 09-20-2010, 03:49 PM

Let me be the first to express my displeasure that the black man had to go the back of the bus.

09-20-2010, 02:27 PM	#5
shmike Follower Join Date: Nov 2008 Posts: 5,549	Agree with all of the above. __________________ Racing For Smiles

09-20-2010, 03:12 PM	#8
101lifts2 WSB Champion Join Date: Nov 2008 Location: Anaheim, CA Moto: 2009 Kawi ZX6R Posts: 5,570	People get picked on, but the bullies need their asses beat every now and then to keep them in check. I applaud the dad. __________________ Train Hard Ron Paul - 2012 Mark of Excellence GM

09-20-2010, 02:16 PM	#2
OneSickPsycho Ride Like an Asshole Join Date: Feb 2008 Moto: nothing... Posts: 11,254	So is the mom angry at the dude for yelling at her son, or because her son was such a douche?

09-20-2010, 02:24 PM	#4
Trip Hold mah beer! Join Date: Feb 2008 Location: 80 Miles South of Moto Heaven Moto: 08 R1200GS Posts: 23,268	Give the guy a fucking medal, not arrest him.

09-20-2010, 02:28 PM	#6
Tmall Aspiring Rapper Join Date: Nov 2008 Location: Halifax, NS Moto: '12 CB1000R Posts: 3,569	Should have kept his ass off the bus. He went about it the wrong way, and now he'll be the one to pay for it, instead of the kids picking on his child. Dumb move on his part.

09-20-2010, 02:29 PM	#7
Trip Hold mah beer! Join Date: Feb 2008 Location: 80 Miles South of Moto Heaven Moto: 08 R1200GS Posts: 23,268	No one was shot, hopefully the douchebags learned a valuable lesson without dying, it seems like that is what it takes for school officials and police to recognize how bad bullying situations have become in this country because everyone is so lawsuit crazy and officials are afraid to do anything because they are scared of lawsuits..

09-20-2010, 03:42 PM	#9
z06boy Letzroll Join Date: Feb 2008 Location: Lake Norman area, NC Moto: 07 Red R1 & 07 Blue R6 Posts: 5,265	Although the dad was flat out wrong for boarding the bus and cursing/threatening the bus driver and kids....I can't honestly say that I may not have done the same thing in this situation. I 'hope' that I would have taken it up with the proper authorities first...and then if that didn't work I'd go for option #1.