Slog - Comments on A Verdict on Bus Beating http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/12/a_verdict_on_bus_beating King County Metro was negligent when a bus driver took no action while two teenage riders were attacked and beaten aboard a bus by a group of youths, a jury ruled Thursday. The Superior Court jury voted to award plaintiffs Carmen Rollins and Will Hendershott $125,000 each in damages in a 10-2 verdict in the civil case brought against the transit company.... Copyright 2008 Fri, 07 Dec 2007 15:48:40 -0800 Fri, 07 Dec 2007 18:43:58 -0800 http://www.movabletype.org/?v=3.34 http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss Comment by max solomon metro driver hits the alarm/interferes, he/she gets a beating, too. the drivers aren't cops.

not sure that light rail would have prevented this.

]]> max solomon http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/12/a_verdict_on_bus_beating#c868480 http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/12/a_verdict_on_bus_beating#c868480 City Fri, 07 Dec 2007 15:58:43 -0800 Comment by Will/HA King County Metro: We'll Get You There!

]]> Will/HA http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/12/a_verdict_on_bus_beating#c868488 http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/12/a_verdict_on_bus_beating#c868488 City Fri, 07 Dec 2007 16:03:40 -0800 Comment by Matt from Denver I think this was under the Morning News.

]]> Matt from Denver http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/12/a_verdict_on_bus_beating#c868496 http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/12/a_verdict_on_bus_beating#c868496 City Fri, 07 Dec 2007 16:06:43 -0800 Comment by Smade @1 Damn right the Metro drivers aren't cops, but if Metro won't shell out the coin to make the bus experience safer, then they'll have to shell out the coin to the victims of violence, the same people from whom they accept money in the fulfillment of an implicit contract to get their riders safely to their destination. Shit costs money.

]]> Smade http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/12/a_verdict_on_bus_beating#c868503 http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/12/a_verdict_on_bus_beating#c868503 City Fri, 07 Dec 2007 16:09:47 -0800 Comment by unPC give the bus driver the right and duty to throw anyone of the buus anytime if they are rude, disruptive or smelly.

Pass a law immunizing them from any kind of lawsuit for this.

Give them the same right you have to not let anyone into your own car.

We have to get control over public transit.

]]> unPC http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/12/a_verdict_on_bus_beating#c868523 http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/12/a_verdict_on_bus_beating#c868523 City Fri, 07 Dec 2007 16:25:34 -0800 Comment by Emily Smade: damn right.
unPC: the driver has all those rights anyway.

]]> Emily http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/12/a_verdict_on_bus_beating#c868527 http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/12/a_verdict_on_bus_beating#c868527 City Fri, 07 Dec 2007 16:28:10 -0800 Comment by infrequent from what i understand the argument in this case was never: are metro drivers cops. the argument was, did the driver see the incident.

]]> infrequent http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/12/a_verdict_on_bus_beating#c868531 http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/12/a_verdict_on_bus_beating#c868531 City Fri, 07 Dec 2007 16:30:24 -0800 Comment by Just Sayin So we can hope for $125,000 worth of security upgrades at least right?

]]> Just Sayin http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/12/a_verdict_on_bus_beating#c868539 http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/12/a_verdict_on_bus_beating#c868539 City Fri, 07 Dec 2007 16:36:18 -0800 Comment by Wolf Dan

How come your SLOG contributions aren't showing up as of today on the Savage page?

It's really irritating to have to go look for your comments, worthwhile as they may be to search for.

]]> Wolf http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/12/a_verdict_on_bus_beating#c868542 http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/12/a_verdict_on_bus_beating#c868542 City Fri, 07 Dec 2007 16:39:33 -0800 Comment by keshmeshi Eve if you buy that the driver didn't see anything, shouldn't he have been monitoring the situation? 25-30 asshole teenagers get on the bus and he doesn't check back now and then to make sure everything's ok? When I was a week tike riding the school bus, those drivers could see everything that went on back there.

]]> keshmeshi http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/12/a_verdict_on_bus_beating#c868553 http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/12/a_verdict_on_bus_beating#c868553 City Fri, 07 Dec 2007 16:45:58 -0800 Comment by maxsolomon@home i mean to say: the driver was probably fucking scared. i would be.

]]> maxsolomon@home http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/12/a_verdict_on_bus_beating#c868658 http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/12/a_verdict_on_bus_beating#c868658 City Fri, 07 Dec 2007 18:43:58 -0800