Bus driver uppercuts woman

[Aaron Foltz]

This is hilarious. All of it. It's socioeconomically hilarious.

At the end of the day it's boils down to "You mess with me, I'll mess with you." Those who say it's just our animals instincts, I completely agree. Though you may not condone it's part of who we are.

Acceptance and Commitment Therapy.

 

[Mr.PlanetEater]

Guile's Theme turned that video from a "What the fuck." to a "Damn, that was one hell of a punch."

 

[GildaTheGriffin]

That video has been... Terminated! :3

 

[theultimateend]

OT: Damit i came in hoping it wasn't a black woman , and by golly it was . I swear you never see white women getting all roudy and violent let alone hit by a bus driver .

yay, not only is this a gender video, we get to add race into it!

(I am being sarcastic, don't take that as an attack or anything.)

The only two times the circuit city I worked at had to deal with really heavy theft, one was a case of an employee stealing dozens of credit cards, and the other was a guy who found out if you stack those magnetic cases on top of one another with enough of them they won't set off the alarms (this is still true, but don't steal things), both of them were black people.

Now that doesn't change my view of anyone, as far as I'm concerned anything you can't control about yourself means shit to me. I don't care about your gender, your race, your height, or your eye color.

But I felt bad for my friend because he said basically what that person you quoted said. The first time when that employee was stealing cards he was one of two black people working at the store with my friend being the other. He lamented to me for ages about how annoying this was because being so underrepresented meant that folks would look at him like "he was involved."

Then later when that guy did the magnetic thing I remember him saying "Please don't be black." as we walked back into the break room to see the little wanted/warning poster they had put up and he started ranting about how annoying it was.

I dunno, it has to be strange always hoping that that sort of thing isn't the case just because folks will stereotype you. In my life experiences I've met a LOT of women (and men) who have acted like they were "thug" and a good deal of them got their shit kicked in because they were as lightly built as I am. People just tend to remember the incidents that best fit with their preconceptions.

Before anyone notes that our store was obviously robbed by lots of folks and that I'm proving my own point, the guy who stole all those credit cards was memorable because the FBI [I was told] got involved and he got caught ONLY because he started using them to buy things online and ship the shit TO HIS HOUSE. You don't forget that.

The second is because after the second incident our store LITERALLY told us to follow any well dressed black people who enter the store. [To clarify he was in a suit with a nice watch etc according to the sign and our meeting.]

So yeah, you don't forget that kind of nonsense. I'm just glad I wasn't there for the DVD robbery because they were so pissed. I remember the amount of money being lost was in the thousands and I spent weeks trying to figure out how you could steal that much money in DVDs and it not be obvious.

Wouldn't the paper shredder be like 300 lbs? I mean I guess they could have just scanned it in his cart but wouldn't that have felt super suspicious since we always just drag them across the table scanner?

...bugs me to this day. Don't care about the rest of the story, just wonder how he stole THAT much.

PS. This was the Silverdale CC, so anyone who worked there or has friends who worked there can confirm these things did happen .

 

[TeletubbiesGolfGun]

OT: Damit i came in hoping it wasn't a black woman , and by golly it was . I swear you never see white women getting all roudy and violent let alone hit by a bus driver .

yay, not only is this a gender video, we get to add race into it!

(I am being sarcastic, don't take that as an attack or anything.)

The only two times the circuit city I worked at had to deal with really heavy theft, one was a case of an employee stealing dozens of credit cards, and the other was a guy who found out if you stack those magnetic cases on top of one another with enough of them they won't set off the alarms (this is still true, but don't steal things), both of them were black people.

Now that doesn't change my view of anyone, as far as I'm concerned anything you can't control about yourself means shit to me. I don't care about your gender, your race, your height, or your eye color.

But I felt bad for my friend because he said basically what that person you quoted said. The first time when that employee was stealing cards he was one of two black people working at the store with my friend being the other. He lamented to me for ages about how annoying this was because being so underrepresented meant that folks would look at him like "he was involved."

Then later when that guy did the magnetic thing I remember him saying "Please don't be black." as we walked back into the break room to see the little wanted/warning poster they had put up and he started ranting about how annoying it was.

I dunno, it has to be strange always hoping that that sort of thing isn't the case just because folks will stereotype you. In my life experiences I've met a LOT of women (and men) who have acted like they were "thug" and a good deal of them got their shit kicked in because they were as lightly built as I am. People just tend to remember the incidents that best fit with their preconceptions.

Before anyone notes that our store was obviously robbed by lots of folks and that I'm proving my own point, the guy who stole all those credit cards was memorable because the FBI [I was told] got involved and he got caught ONLY because he started using them to buy things online and ship the shit TO HIS HOUSE. You don't forget that.

The second is because after the second incident our store LITERALLY told us to follow any well dressed black people who enter the store. [To clarify he was in a suit with a nice watch etc according to the sign and our meeting.]

So yeah, you don't forget that kind of nonsense. I'm just glad I wasn't there for the DVD robbery because they were so pissed. I remember the amount of money being lost was in the thousands and I spent weeks trying to figure out how you could steal that much money in DVDs and it not be obvious.

Wouldn't the paper shredder be like 300 lbs? I mean I guess they could have just scanned it in his cart but wouldn't that have felt super suspicious since we always just drag them across the table scanner?

...bugs me to this day. Don't care about the rest of the story, just wonder how he stole THAT much.

PS. This was the Silverdale CC, so anyone who worked there or has friends who worked there can confirm these things did happen .

while this was a long story, slightly ranting at some points (not a big deal), i do understand what you were getting at and i do agree, however everyone should be prepared to deal with these kinds of folks and just say "hey, you're being ignorant if you think just because of something i'm born with makes me a part of this."

i've been targeted before for being a white male, and i told em to piss off because i was *said alibi here* and there was no way i'd be doing that, and the person retracted what they said after i covered my bases. (tbh they were pissed off that they got called out on their lie, but hey, i was in the clear after telling the truth so didn't bother me none.)

most people are just pulling at threads whenever shit happens, just so they can try and put some kind of perspective on something (regardless of how retarded it is).

I feel for your friend, but if he was ever associated with that person you bet your ass he will probably be grilled about it. unfortunate? yes, but it happens to everyone, not just one specific race/gender, so it's just one of those things that is either going to go away over time or just gonna have to deal with it.

 

[Vrex360]

Oh bloody hell not this again.
Inb4 all the dudes saying `WELL EQUALITY` with a bit too much relish (and these people are usually the ones who only care about `equality` when it's smacking someone in the face).

Nobody should hit anyone, self defence is acceptable, but you should not use unreasonable force. We have danced this tango before.

Snore

Thank you, summarized my thoughts on the whole thing.

I've seen the full version of this video and I can tell you right now that this is NOT 'self defence'. The girl was being aggressive and unreasonable and bitchy, this is true. However she was also clearly backing off and moving away when he got up[, he wasn't defending himself. He was just retaliating in anger.

Also justify this to me righteous defenders of this guy's right to "self defence" did you see the part of the video in the official police report where after he knocks her down with violent force that sends her to the ground he then proceeded to strangle her after she tried to get back up? He fucking tackled her and proceeded to attempt to strangle her while also slamming her against the wall over and over again and someone else had to pull him away to get him to stop. Rationalize how this is self defence because I'm drawing a blank.

After a heated confrontation, that she was moving away from, he upper cut her and she hit the ground and then he lunged at her attempting to strangle her while slamming her against the wall over and over again. Yeah he was really afraid for his safety... I'm sorry the girl may have been acting like an aggressive ***** but this guy is clearly mentally unhinged and possibly even a psychopath and it disturbs me that The Escapist leaps to celebrate him for beating up an unruly girl like he's some kind of hero.

This is Rayon Mcintosh all over again.

http://www.thesmokinggun.com/documents/cleveland-bus-punch-report-687451

[HEADING=1]DO NOT QUOTE ME, I AM NOT INTERESTED IN CONTINUING THIS ARGUMENT.[/HEADING]

 

[BishopofAges]

Simply put: You act ugly to others, others will act ugly to you. No gender bias, no situational, just karma. Fucked up goes around, fucked up comes around.

 

[Vrex360]

He stunned her than grabbed her and and tried to throw her off the bus and throw her shit out with her too. This is what people do in the real world.

Okay we're clearly watching different videos here because in the verion I linked he stopped the bus, walked over to her, punched her and sent her flying and then you can clearly see him wrapping his hands around her neck attempting to strangle her. He did not 'stun' her and he most certainly was not trying to 'throw her off the bus' because you don't need to grab someone by the throat and squeeze vigorously to get them to leave the bus.

I swear, does this kind of shit need to be explained? And how is he a psychopath for hitting back?

Because he was not at risk from this woman, she was actually backing off and was content to just insult him from a distance. This wasn't self defence, this was just him retaliating. Besides which a few small punches and slaps are bad and a case for assault, full on uppercutting someone and sending them flying and then proceeding to choke them while slamming them against walls repeatedly is SO VERY MUCH WORSE. His reaction, his 'hitting back' was disproportionate to the attack he had recieved.
And yes I would call someone who knocks someone down with one punch and then aggressively attempts to strangle them and needs to be pulled away to be stopped a psychopath. I find that to be a fucking fair description.

You stun the dumb ass and toss her out, that's what bus drivers do to people to cause trouble. If you can't handle that, go live in fantasy land.

I'm not in fantasy land, you are apparently though if you think almost killing someone with excessive bludgeoning and strangulation is equivical to 'stunning them and tossing them out'.

If she stayed, she would have posed a risk to everyone on that damn bus, because you don't mess with someone driving a bus.

More so than the guy driving who stopped the bus so that he could violently attack someone? Surely you jest.

You wanna know why? Because he could swerve into a crowd of people because she decided to act ghetto. You don't mess with bus drivers, period.

Yeah he could have swerved and caused serious damage while the bus was completely motionless.
Believe me if all he did was throw her off the bus I wouldn't have minded, but this cannot be justified and the more you try to justify it-

The "but its a girl" comment doesn't apply when you have to explain to a crowd of people why they are paralyzed for their life and why their loved ones are in the morgue.

-The more pathetic you look. Also for the love of god I DO NOT CARE ABOUT THE GENDER ISSUE HERE. If this had been some twenty year old man that he'd punched so hard that he flew and then proceeded to attempt to strangle then I would be in the exact same fucking position. I don't care about gender, so don't bring it up.

Seriously your argument that passengers were somehow in danger is ridiculous, the only time anyone came close to being in danger was when he was strangling someone and lashing out at the people trying to intervene.

[HEADING=1]STOP QUOTING ME, I HAVE NO DESIRE TO CONTINUE THIS DEBATE.[/HEADING]

 

[Simonoly]

Wonderful uppercut. A little more professional conduct from the bus driver would have been preferable though. The full video shows that it did start off quite tame and by the looks of things her constant harassment just pushed him over the edge. I've seen bus drivers physically remove violent/abusive passengers before and they didn't need to uppercut them and then proceed to strangle them. There is such a thing as force within reason.

The videos are not particularly clear though. For all I know he was actually trying to cuddle her when they were on the ground.

 

[Paddin]

whats all this about woman complaining about equal rights i keep hearing?

Brad...what are you doing?

Shut up Cease this incessant troll-baiting and boot up Borderlands 2 so we can play.

I would if i could, but i was at work when you wrote this but tomorrow...today... WHATEVER IM ZERO

You pair of liberal hippies, you probably just hate women. HATERS.

Regardless of gender and other issues, that really was a beautiful punch.

 

[Vrex360]

EDIT: Screw it, not getting involved.

 

[Vrex360]

Double post, ignore.

 

[Loonyyy]

I don't get you people who feel the need to come in here and say "OOOOP! NO! CAN'T TALK ABOUT THIS CUZ IT'LL LEAD TO A GENDER WAR!" or "TC JUST POSTED THIS TO START A GENDER WAR!" I mean, first off, two or three people arguing in a topic is not a war, and yes, it's usually two or three people who argue and not many more. Second off, welcome to the internet. We all know that arguments happen; you aren't amazing us with your ability to predict them. So good job on contributing nothing except your own arrogance to a topic that's just about a funny video.

Because the guy who started the thread ended it with a blatant incentive to start one. The sarcastic responses calling it are people noting it and refusing to take the bait.

 

[Moonlight Butterfly]

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I think you are missing the point where we weren't allowed to go and fight, men stopped us doing it...Plenty of women wanted to help the war effort but were very limited in what they were allowed to do.

It's not a privilege it's sexism against women, saying we are weak and can't stand up for ourselves.

I love the way men twist sexism so it looks like we have it better off when really it's just another type of oppression.

And by the way the first British female soldier killed in Afghanistan was from my home town so watch what you say about women not doing their part.

By 12 August 1914, Englishwoman Flora Sandes left along with 36 other eager nurses, bound for Serbia. Within 18 months, during the great retreat to Albania, she had exchanged bandages for guns. She insisted on acting as a soldier, and being treated as such; therefore, like male combatants, she cared for the wounded, but only 'between shots'. She curtly informed one correspondent on 10 November 1916 that if people thought she ought to be a nurse instead of a soldier, they should be told that 'we have Red Cross men for first aid'. Her martial valour during World War One was recognised in June 1919 when a special Serbian Act of Parliament made her the first woman to be commissioned in the Serbian Army.

But no clearly no women put their hands up during the great war, none at all....

 

[Uhura]

He clearly uses excessive force in handling the situation. She could have sustained serious injuries from that punch and I think it's pretty sad that so many people here seem to think that the driver's actions were somehow justified and reasonable.

 

[Nathan Crumpler]

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I think you are missing the point where we weren't allowed to go and fight, men stopped us doing it...Plenty of women wanted to help the war effort but were very limited in what they were allowed to do.

It's not a privilege it's sexism against women, saying we are weak and can't stand up for ourselves.

I think it is funny that every time some one points out that other men started the "Men shouldn't hit women" rule, you completely ignore it. Yes, men stopped women from fighting on the front lines, but those were men I've never met before, men who never asked my opinion, men I would wholeheartedly disagree with. You said that men should not complain about this because it was men who started this rule. You said that women aren't a hive mind, but you don't feel the same way about men.

Also, I would like to note that you consider fighting and dying for a war one does not believe in to be a privilege.