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Old 09-20-2010, 03:11 PM   #1
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Default Dad arrested after he boards school bus to confront bullies

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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.
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Old 09-20-2010, 03:16 PM   #2
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So is the mom angry at the dude for yelling at her son, or because her son was such a douche?
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Old 09-20-2010, 03:17 PM   #3
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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.
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Old 09-20-2010, 03:24 PM   #4
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Give the guy a fucking medal, not arrest him.
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Old 09-20-2010, 03:27 PM   #5
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Agree with all of the above.
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Old 09-20-2010, 03:28 PM   #6
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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.
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Old 09-20-2010, 03:29 PM   #7
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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..
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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..
Unfortunately what the bullies will ultimately likely learn is that they can screw over the people trying to protect the weak, then just keep on doing what they've always done.
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Old 09-20-2010, 04:12 PM   #9
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People get picked on, but the bullies need their asses beat every now and then to keep them in check.

I applaud the dad.
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Old 09-20-2010, 04:42 PM   #10
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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.
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