[Cerek the Barbaric]

Originally posted by Donut: I've been to Jacksonville - it didn't strike me as a particulary safe place to be. Cerek, has the bus driver not broken the law by discriminating against these children because of their race?

I don't know if there is a specific law regarding discrimination on school buses. This isn't public transportation, it is a private contractor. As such, I assume they do have a right to not transport any students that are causing a disturbance on the bus...since that would be endangering the other students. However, it is pretty obvious that the bus company is discriminating against Muslim (or even "Muslim looking") children and that the excuse of them being put off the bus for "disciplinary problems" is nothing more than a transparant attempt at CYA.

There may not be any legal charges they can file against the contractor, but a good lawyer should be able to rip them a new anal aperture with a hefty lawsuit. All they have to do is interview the other children that were on the bus at the time the first students were put off. And - even if those kids were acting up - that doesn't justify the replacement driver allowing just the white kids onto the bus two days later. You can't deny children the right to ride the bus just because they might cause a disturbance or because some other kids caused a disturbance a few days earlier.

I'd say, when all is said and done, First Student is will be facing a major lawsuit (which they would be wise to settle out of court if it occurs) and the two offending drivers will be looking for work elsewhere when it happens. I could be wrong - of course - but I sincerely hope not.

I haven't had a chance to check for other sources on the story to see if there is more information than was contained in the article Skunk provided. Still, I can't imagine finding anything that would really justify the actions of the bus contracter. If the Muslim students HAD caused a disturbance significant enough to be thrown off the bus 8 miles from home, I think it would have been all over the national news.