what do you think of this? "Dad boards school bus to accuse bullies"

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.
Video: Angry dad confronts bullies on school bus
“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.

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Re: what do you think of this? "Dad boards school bus to accuse bullies"

I can only imagine how furious this father is, I am glad he did what he did. Some bus drivers don't do anything!

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I don't think the dad owed an apology to those kids. What kind of person picks on someone with cerebral palsy??? Instead of being "incensed" at the father, the parents of the bullies should really be mad at their own children (or themselves) for their disgusting behavior.

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Posted by Momma2Be

I don't think the dad owed an apology to those kids. What kind of person picks on someone with cerebral palsy??? Instead of being "incensed" at the father, the parents of the bullies should really be mad at their own children (or themselves) for their disgusting behavior.

Re: what do you think of this? "Dad boards school bus to accuse bullies"

Sorry...if the school district and bus driver did nothing about it, damn right I'm going to handle it. Good for him

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I am glad SOMEONE is doing something about these bullies! Granted, I have not had first hand experience, but from what I hear from friends, the school doesn't do a whole heck of a lot about it!

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Posted by karabara

Posted by Momma2Be

I don't think the dad owed an apology to those kids. What kind of person picks on someone with cerebral palsy??? Instead of being "incensed" at the father, the parents of the bullies should really be mad at their own children (or themselves) for their disgusting behavior.

Agreed! I would be mortified and profusely apologetic if my child was bullying any child, let alone a handicapped one. How terrible the school system didn't listen to the father when he asked them to take care of things.

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Posted by tatuka

Posted by karabara

Posted by Momma2Be

I don't think the dad owed an apology to those kids. What kind of person picks on someone with cerebral palsy??? Instead of being "incensed" at the father, the parents of the bullies should really be mad at their own children (or themselves) for their disgusting behavior.

Agreed! I would be mortified and profusely apologetic if my child was bullying any child, let alone a handicapped one. How terrible the school system didn't listen to the father when he asked them to take care of things.

agreed.

Re: what do you think of this? "Dad boards school bus to accuse bullies"

There's a really good thread about bullying that touches on this on the Relationship board.

I am sad that things ended up with such an extreme outcome. It just goes to show, once again, how bullying is NOT taken seriously in our society.

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Posted by rojerono

Posted by tatuka

Posted by karabara

Posted by Momma2Be

I don't think the dad owed an apology to those kids. What kind of person picks on someone with cerebral palsy??? Instead of being "incensed" at the father, the parents of the bullies should really be mad at their own children (or themselves) for their disgusting behavior.

Agreed! I would be mortified and profusely apologetic if my child was bullying any child, let alone a handicapped one. How terrible the school system didn't listen to the father when he asked them to take care of things.

agreed.

Also agreed. While I am not sure I'd threaten to kill a 13 year old - I'd absolutely have no problems telling the little a**holes that they are going to have huge issues if they continue to eff with my kid. Dirtbags. And seriously - dirtbag parents who don't get that their kids are not doing right.

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Fine. Slap him on the wrist for not using the correct forum. THEN launch a full scale investigation into which children and adults are responsible for things escalating to this point. Take names. Take action--firings, discipline, prosecutions if need be. Send a message to other districts--other parents, kids, bus drivers--to everyone--that this is not alright.

Re: what do you think of this? "Dad boards school bus to accuse bullies"

we are actually discussing this exact situation in the thread on the relationship board...

I still stand by what i said there... and i give him credit for realizing that what he did was not ok... NOT to say that i wouldnt do what he did myself... but im not going to get up in arms for the school authorities doing what they should...

im wondering if the girl ever reported the harassment to anyone at school...

and if there are cameras on the bus did it ever record any of the harassment this girl faced??

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she suffers from cerebral palsy...i dont blame him for going after those morons teasing her. Was it right..no, but i can understand his anger.

Kids are so F*** cruel...

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NOT ok for him to threaten to kill people....

NOT ok for kids to harass the girl, especially being handicapped.

NOT ok for the school to not respond when he contacted them about her being bullied.

NOT ok for the school to put monitors on the bus- who don't even speak english according to the video report??? How can they stop the bullying if they don't hear it?