graycountry

That being said, I am sure kids from both sides were saying things that should never have been said, I am sure things got out of hand. BUT I am also sure that the man you are all speaking of would never do the things you have decided to believe. I can not let this thread die without letting all of you know, the man that you are all speaking of has helped so many people in our county in so many different ways. He is always there when anyone needs him, with never a complaint and would be offended if you tried to pay for his time or labor. He helps with the kids and their sports. This same man would never make a racial slur toward anyone, and I know that because most of the african americans in our county are either his family members or think of him as a friend. This is the same man, that after meeting the man that held him and his son at gun point about 4 years earlier, shook his hand and told him "it was okay everybody falls on hard times, I am just glad you are doing better and nobody got hurt that night." Men like this man are very hard to find. He is truly a fine upstanding indiviual. To read some of the things on here stated about him hurt me. When I told him about it. His reply was "oh well, it doesn't really matter." I can't say that I agree. So, I had to stand up for him.

Ok, I have read all the post over this "brawl" after much debate with myself I have finally decided to chime in. First of all it may shock some of you to know the bus driver of the pep bus IS a female. SHE was outside in the bus with her 11 year old son per the request of McEwen High Schools principal. (He didn't want our kids to cross paths with the other kids so he wanted the bus on the SIDE of the school.) When the kids that rode the pep bus began to come out of the school, the bus driver noticed 2 young men coming down the sidewalk. SHE says she couldn't hear them however she could see that one of them was yelling. At this point SHE blew her horn to get the attention (it didn't help, everyone was behind the school following a call made that there had been an altercation) of anyone around then exited the bus to get all her kids onto the bus. After getting the kids on the bus she could not get in the bus because the kids were still standing on the stairs. Some of the kids on the bus were yelling back at the boys, the driver told them to shut their mouths and close their windows. They did. At this point being the ONLY ADULT (FEMALE) outside other than the 2 young men coming down the sidewalk, the driver tells the boys they need to go away. The African American male then tells her "shut your mouth b***** and let those MFing P***Y'S off the bus. This is when her husband comes out of the school. He asked the boys to leave also, they tell him they are getting on the bus and they are going to whip everybody they can. 4 more kids join them then, and 1 of those boys starts grabbing the mans shirt pulling on him. He turned to the boy, moved his hand off of him and told all of them, " YOU need to go." That is when the African american male punched the man. THEN, they all went to the ground. More kids came from behind cars and around the bus. When the bus driver was FINALLY pushed out of the way, SHE and HER SON had already witnessed her husband taken down by 6 young men. Then more joined that crowd, and she still tried to keep all of those kids on the bus. When they came off they were all saying get them off of him. NOT Let's get them or anything close to fighting words. The driver then ran back to the school to find some other adults to help.