Petition to Reinstate Violent Bus Driver Artis Hughes Is Being Circulated

I was horrified by this video. Bus drivers are trained to handle combative passengers. He should have called the police immediately after she refused to get off of the bus. I also feel that They both should have been arrested. I can understand the concept of self defense. She should be in jail for grabbing him and spitting on him. Could he handled this situation differently, of course. Hitting this young female the way he did was extreme and I am sure that he would agree if any of his female relatives/daughter/wife etc were hit this way by a male bus driver or any other male. I won't be signing a petition for this male to be reintated because he didn't handle the situation like a professional nor did he handle it like a man. in regards to the female and I refer to her as a female because she didn't handle herself like a woman, she should take her portion of the responsibility for this tragic episode of violence and she should also be held accountable for her part in it. There are no winners here

this man should be able to get his job back. i have rode the buses in cleveland and the drivers get abused everyday just doing their jobs. the young lady in the video disrespected him and there is no help for that man on the bus so he had to protect himself. they should not fire this man.

He should not have punched her, but she deserved to get slapped.

What it boils fdown to is that she should have just paid her fare and not show out for the audience. Now her performance is posted everywhere. She spat on this man. Where I am from, if you spit on someone, that's the lowest thing you can do and they too, would have tried to knock your head off. Mr. Hughes is older and should have acted with a little more apprehension, but this day and age, you have to take care of yourself because so many young adults carry weapons, men and women alike. Like my mom always told me, a little respect goes a long ways. If she respected Mr. Hughes and paid the money, none of us would be here posting blogs about it. Reinstate Mr. Hughes....

Act like a lady and you get treated like one, Act like a * and you get slapped like one.


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He should not lose his job, I feel the situation could have been handled differently on both parties, however, if your big enough to pass a lick you big enough to take it. Where is it written a person has to hit you the as you buy them. Women or men should keep there hands to themselves,but if one guy no matter which one then game on.

When I heard about this even and saw the video I was appalled by the actions that took place. Although I feel that neither party is guilt free the decision to fire Mr. Hughes was appropriate. He put all the riders at risk by continuing to drive while he was allegedly assaulted. Beyond this he never contacted police during this and decide to take the law into his own hands. He clearly got out of his seat, approached the woman, and struck her which illustrates it was retaliation and not self defense. This man should never be permitted to operate a bus again.

I think it's the way of the world now to unload ones dirty work. Calling the police is a waste of resources when this guy obviously had no problem dealing with this scumbag. Truthfully, my take as an occaisional bus rider rather than a rich housewife driving her mans money around I have to say this. I don't want to be late for work waiting for cops when what this chicken head needs is exactly what happened. How are you going to just get on a bus and not pay ?!? Lol.... Seriously all you people who thisnk this guy has a societal obligation to tolerate this scum obviously need to deal with these types a little more, and maybe real life a little more.