10-Year-Old Special-Needs Boy Bullied, Burned on School Bus This horrific security video shows two high schoolers ganging up on Cequan Haskins, a 10-year-old with special needs, in a nearly empty school bus. The bullies hold down Haskins, scream racial slurs at him and finally burn him with a cigarette lighter. No one is there to help him; the bus driver, Nancy Davis, tells them to quiet down, but she never intervenes. </noscript> Davis was acquitted of child neglect several months ago. The two attackers were found guilty of disorderly conduct, assault and battery. Cequan’s mother, Roxanne Haskins, held a press conference in Virginia and released the video to the public to hold the bullies accountable and show the nation what schoolchildren go through — and how often their experiences get unreported or ignored. Who should be held accountable here? Should the driver have gotten off so easily? And what can be done to ensure this never happens again? SEE MORE: • Teens Bully Elderly Female Bus Monitor, Internet Responds With Kindness • Hero Dad Exposes Educators Who Verbally Abused Autistic Son
Amy 10.08.12 @ 3:55 pm still would of been the right decision and I would of held my head up high knowing that I helped someone from not being hurt! There’s a difference in just doing your job and your moral compass…… I would of helped a special needs child against those bullies…. and further more taken action into certain situation laws and S.O.G. of the school system…. Kids these days are committing adult crimes….. They know the difference between right and wrong!