Baltimorigrad Bus Beating December 6, 2007
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As Sarah Kreager, 26, tried to sit down on a Baltimore City bus Tuesday, police say, a middle-schooler told her she couldn’t. When she attempted to take another seat, a middle-schooler wouldn’t let her. Finally, according to police, Kreager just sat down.
She was “immediately attacked” by nine students — three females and six males — from Robert Poole Middle School. They punched and kicked her at 2:59 p.m. at the intersection of 33rd Street and Chestnut Avenue, according to Maryland Transit Administration police.
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All nine suspects, ages 14 and 15, were arrested and charged with aggravated assault.
Their bus tickets — provided by the school — have been revoked, Greene said.
“Riding the bus is a privilege,” she said. “Public safety is our primary concern.”
Greene said the investigation into the incident was ongoing and she didn’t know whether the attack had anything to do with the victim’s race.
The suspects in the incident are black. The victim is white, according to the police report.
“Didn’t know whether the attack had anything to do with … race.” Reverse the races, and it would have already been assumed, and Morris Dees would have Mark and Heidi working on the fundraising mailing at this moment.
I thought the point of the civil rights movement was that it didn’t matter who sat where on a bus.
UDPATE 12/7: Maryland Transit Authority police are now investigating the incident as a hate crime, and at the same time have debunked any speculation that the white victim provoked the black mob by brandishing a knife. They also have determined that this same mob assaulted another passenger, a white elderly woman, and the black bus driver.
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