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A Georgia school bus driver has been fired and arrested after a viral video showed him shoving two Black students.
The Morgan County Sheriff’s Office arrested the driver, charging him with two counts of battery after a cellphone video showed him getting physical with a 6-year-old and a 10-year-old on the school bus. O’Neil is white, and the children’s parents have deemed the incident racially motivated.
“My son is terrified, he was scared, he called for his older sister as you could hear he was crying...he was horrified...you’re supposed to be protecting him,” the children’s mother Nequania Carter said.
Carter said the confrontation started when O’Neil demanded the 6-year-old sit at the back of the bus. The boy didn’t comply, which resulted in O’Neil getting physical.
The boy’s 10-year-old sister could be seen on video trying to intervene, which resulted in her getting pushed as well.
“Shut your mouth,” O’Neil said to the 10-year-old as he pushed the little boy. After he shoves the young girl, he then says, “What a pain in the neck you guys are. Get back there.”
In a request for comment, the Morgan County Charter School System said they were working with authorities and that they had fired O’Neil.
James O’Neil was arrested on Friday. He spent a day in the Morgan County Detention Center before bonding out to await trial. He will now await a court date to adjudicate the charges and make a plea.
[Via FOX 5]
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