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    7 teens charged with beating classmate unconscious

    By KELLI KENNEDY | Associated Press – Sat, Jan 7, 2012

    MIAMI (AP) — Seven central Florida teenagers were arrested after authorities said they punched and kicked a 13-year-old until she was unconscious while on a school bus.

    The victim told authorities that Friday was her first time riding the bus and no one would let her sit down. About 75 children were riding the bus bound for a middle school in Ocala, a rural city north of Orlando. The victim said someone threw a shoe at her and she threw one back, according to an arrest report.

    One girl allegedly asked students if they wanted to hit the victim, then instructed the teens to form a circle and began hitting and kicking the victim. Several witnesses said they saw the girl fall to the floor and "appear to have a seizure and pass out," according to the arrest report.

    The victim, who is not being identified, was taken to the hospital and diagnosed with a concussion, severe bruising on her head and muscle spasms.

    Seven teens, ranging in age from 12 to 15, were charged with battery and disorderly conduct. The Associated Press is not identifying the suspects because they are minors.

    The school's bus driver said he saw the fight and pulled the bus over to intervene. The fighting ceased, so he continued driving, but he told authorities the fight broke out again and he couldn't control it so he drove to a nearby school and called officials.

    Authorities interviewed all the students on the bus. Ten students said they saw the seven "commit battery upon the victim as a group," according to the report.

    One suspect admitted kicking the victim, but said it was an accident. A few claimed they hit her and several others denied it.

    Deputy Shannon Wiles wrote in the report that one 14-year-old girl climbed over several seats filled with students to get to the victim and "advised she punched the defendant repeatedly in the head, approximately 10-15 times because the victim called her a name."

    School officials said it's unlikely the defendants will be allowed on campus until their cases are resolved.

    The Ocala Star-Banner (http://lb.vg/0iLGQ ), which first reported the fight, said school discipline rules call for the students to be expelled or reassigned to another school, according to Marion County Public Schools spokesman Kevin Christian.

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    Information from: Ocala Star-Banner, http://www.starbanner.com/

     
    • lrak72
      lrak72  •  Cicero, Illinois  •  3 mths ago
      What is the update on these vile beasts? Will there be any charges? Is this a hate crime? A group of non black teens in Chicago beat up another Asian teen and it was all video taped and placed on YouTube. These teens are now on house arrest and one is being charged as an adult. What about this vermin in Florida that beat a white girl into convulsions over needing a seat on a bus? Oh wait, they were black so nothing will happen. I forgot, blacks can't commit hate crimes.
    • Larry
      Larry  •  4 mths ago
      why were they not locked up for this... being a teen does not stop laws from being enforced and charges being filed ,.
      • Christopher
        Christopher 4 mths ago
        Holder intervined ....... figured they make good election judges
      • Chewie
        Chewie 4 mths ago
        Christopher: It wouldn't surprise me if Holder didn't sue every white person on the bus.
      • JoeStrummer
        JoeStrummer 4 mths ago
        Chrissy and Chewie......is your racism disorder so bad that you can't help but drag in race when it has nothing to do with this story? Congratulations on ruining the Republican Party with your dimwit ideas. Racist #$%$ both of you.....
    • lisa
      lisa  •  4 mths ago
      Off the school buses forever for the attackers involved. Let the parent/parents that raised those animals provide transportation until they drop out or end up in jail.
      • FLF
        FLF 4 mths ago
        And if the kids don't show up for school - take the parents to court.
      • The Jake
        The Jake 4 mths ago
        Don't you mean WHEN they drop out AND when they go to jail.
      • michaelo
        michaelo 4 mths ago
        Sadly Lisa,
        That would violate their rights that they honestly do NOT deserve so we could never ban them from being given the ability to get an education. You are right that these kids are most likely going to be future drop outs and apart of the prision population.
    • RonS
      RonS  •  4 mths ago
      When I drove bus, we had cameras installed to identify guilty parties. Hard for mom to deny her "little darling" could do something like that while she's viewing the footage.
      • RonS
        RonS 4 mths ago
        Drivers have enough to do in traffic, etc without being the babysitter/police. Where would you have them park in traffic to go break up a fight? Like has been stated, kids know you can't lay a finger on them and they take advantage of that. All you can do is contact authorities.
      • Jo57
        Jo57 4 mths ago
        As a human being the driver SHOULD have intervened!!! I would have and I do not give a _amn about the laws protecting these _astard thugs!! Ron, even WITH a camera these "types" raising this spawn would deny it!!!
      • RonS
        RonS 4 mths ago
        The story said the driver stopped to break up the fight and the fight stopped. Then when he went back to driving it started again. He did what he could, which I'll agree wasn't enough, but with limited options did what he could. Unfortunately, gangs and violent movies teach more than some parents today.
    • SPAYPET
      SPAYPET  •  Allentown, Pennsylvania  •  4 mths ago
      Who raises these kids? #$%$!
      • Momba
        Momba 4 mths ago
        Nobody.
      • Chewie
        Chewie 4 mths ago
        Taxpayers.
      • LRG
        LRG 4 mths ago
        Not their baby-daddies!
    • John
      John  •  Los Angeles, California  •  4 mths ago
      They should have been charged with assault with a deadly weapon (shod foot) and felony battery
      • roadscolar
        roadscolar 4 mths ago
        Or simply attempted murder.
      • Karen
        Karen 4 mths ago
        In Florida Assault is verbal threats. Thats why the article talks about battery. Battery in Florida is the physical touch with intent. No mention of race in the article. I wish that was posted because that could be an additional charge, a possible hate/race crime.
      • Tim
        Tim 4 mths ago
        I didnt even have to look at where you were from. I guessed california and low and behold..... You guys have a strange view of what justice is. let O.J the killer go free... lock up a teenager or 2 for a bus brawl...never understand people from Southern cali.
    • Working on Saturday
      Working on Saturday  •  Cleveland, Ohio  •  4 mths ago
      Minors? Minors steal candy or make prank phone calls. Ganging up 7-1 on a person and repeatedly assaulting- that's adult criminal behavior. The DA needs to send a message and move they be certified as adults and face adult consequences.
    • Just the Facts Ma'am
      Just the Facts Ma'am  •  Boise, Idaho  •  4 mths ago
      The driver should have pulled over and called the police and had the offenders removed.
    • LRG
      LRG  •  4 mths ago
      I think these little thugs need to feel a cane hit their #$%$ a few times!
    • B
      B  •  Grand Rapids, Michigan  •  4 mths ago
      WHAT THE HELL IS WRONG WITH PEOPLE TODAY??
    • mac
      mac  •  Lewiston, Idaho  •  4 mths ago
      The worst part is nothing really will happen to these stupid kids.
    • Bob
      Bob  •  Coos Bay, Oregon  •  4 mths ago
      Is this the menality of todays younger generation? Lack of respect and regard for another persons life is deplorable and senseless. What ever happened to 'Love one another as you'd like to be loved"? Aren't parents teaching their children anything these days? Or is it that kids and/or people just do not care?
    • Kevin
      Kevin  •  4 mths ago
      Why do they keep refering to this as a "Fight" It was an unprovoked assault by a mob of hoodums not a "Fight". Everyone involved should be embarassed, for participating either directly or by not intervening on the girls behalf.
    • Paul
      Paul  •  4 mths ago
      they should be charged with attempted murder
    • Riley804
      Riley804  •  Atlanta, Georgia  •  4 mths ago
      " One suspect admitted kicking the victim, but said it was an accident "

      How do you accidently kick someone ?
    • McManus
      McManus  •  Ocala, Florida  •  4 mths ago
      Charged with battery and disorderly conduct? How about attempted murder?
    • einstien
      einstien  •  Riverside, California  •  4 mths ago
      The parents need to be charged with unlawfully and knowingly raising baboons.
    • tambor
      tambor  •  4 mths ago
      Meanwhile kids in places like Singapore, South Korea and Japan are working on science projects and readying themselves for their next exam.
    • damon
      damon  •  Providence, Rhode Island  •  4 mths ago
      Those must have been tough girls, 7 against 1, wow really tough. Thank God that was not my daughter, cause there would be 7 less girls going to that school. If the judge that hears the case has any balls, then he would sentence these Girls to a juvinile center till they are 18. Lets ee how tough they are there!!!!!!!!
    • A Yahoo! User  •  4 mths ago
      schools will expell a student from the entire county for a small amount of harmless pot but gang assault a little girl almost to death and you will probably only be suspended a day or 2......
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