Fight Between School Bus Driver, Boys Caught On Tape

[shawn703]

The mother of two boys whose fight with a substitute school bus driver was captured on videotape has questioned why the boys are charged with a felony while the driver faces a less serious charge.

Sherri Shaw said Monday on that she's not satisfied with the punishment facing driver Albert Taylor. He has been charged with misdemeanor battery and could spend a year in jail if convicted.

Mark Ernest Dickinson, 15, and his stepbrother, Corey Gene Hendershot, 13, were arrested last week and charged with assault on a school official, a felony punishable by up to five years in a juvenile justice facility, said Russell Kirshy, the family's attorney.

A bus security camera videotape of the fight has been played extensively on national television.

According to Charlotte County sheriff's reports, the fight happened Tuesday when Taylor tried to put a seat belt on Hendershot, who refused to wear it. He then told Hendershot to sit up front, but the boy refused.


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[Don Claybrook]

1. Sounds like the bus driver was in the right, until...

until he hit the kid. It sounds like the kid needed to be ejected from the bus or punished in some other way. But as soon as the driver hit him, the driver had no leg left to stand on.