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Police: Philadelphia bus driver pushes passenger off bus into traffic


PHILADELPHIA

A Philadelphia bus driver has been charged with tossing a female passenger into traffic after she yelled at him for missing her stop.

Authorities say Mario Edney grabbed a woman by the hair, knocked her head into a pole, opened the door and tossed her off the bus. Edney maintains a detour along his route forced him to skip the woman's stop.

A spokesman for the transit authority says the agency intends to fire Edney.

The unidentified woman suffered a broken shoulder.


Ah Home. It is good to see everything going as usual. But seriously a little bit of excessive force dont you guys think?

That put some manners on her.Completly over the top but probably the poor guy was having a bad day.Sounds like what i would like to do to some rude people.Or as Dr Lecter calls the 'Free Range Rude'

That put some manners on her.Completly over the top but probably the poor guy was having a bad day.Sounds like what i would like to do to some rude people.Or as Dr Lecter calls the 'Free Range Rude'
Yeah, beat manners in to people. So who is going to teach him some bloody manners? As the tax payer (or customer, either way), he is working for her and every other passenger on that bus. His behaviour is by no means excusable, no matter how you look at it. Were I her I would bring a law suit against him.

If that was my wife or mother, said bus driver wouldnt live to see the light of another day.

I already have a bias against bus drivers after an incident 12 yrs ago. A bus tailgated my pregnant wife for miles inches off of her back bumper. She got home and told me-she never over-reacts. I drove on ahead to his next to last stop in the next town and got on the bus there. After trying to discuss like a gentleman, it was clear he had a terrible attitiude-I ruined his day and his uniform. Bus keys were flung deep into the woods as I disembarked and I was such a total bastard,I took his hat as a souvenier when I was done with him.

I can teach him not to hit women.

I already have a bias against bus drivers after an icident 12 yrs ago. A bus tailgated my pregnant wife for miles inches off of her back bumper. She got home and told me-she never over-reacts. I drove on ahead to his next to last stop in the next town and got on the bus there. After trying to discuss like a gentleman, it was clear he had a terrible attitiude-I ruined his day and his uniform. Bus keys were flung deep into the woods as I disembarked and I was such a total bastard,I took his hat as a souvenier when I was done with him.


Jackass definitely deserved it.

I can teach him not to hit women.
Or people in general. What if it was a little kid and he injured it seriously? He is nothing more than a salaried employee ultimately, doing the tax payers a service that they pay for.

Jackass definitely deserved it.


I thought so- I really had intentions of talking to him-I wasnt all in his face and threatening-I'm not like that.

I did sweat it out for a while after that because there were witnesses left on the bus and he did spend at least one night in the hospital. The witnesses were likely pissed because the driver probably didnt drive to the end of his route himself. There would have been felony assault charges and who knows what else ? A smart thing was I was parked around the corner, so no one could ID the car I walked back to and left in and I wasnt yelling about it, so no one else had 2 and 2 to put together aside from the driver.

I thought so- I really had intentions of talking to him-I wasnt all in his face and threatening-I'm not like that.

I did sweat it out for a while after that because there were witnesses left on the bus and he did spend at least one night in the hospital. The witnesses were likely pissed because the driver probably didnt drive to the end of his route himself. There would have been felony assault charges and who knows what else ? A smart thing was I was parked around the corner, so no one could ID the car I walked back to and left in and I wasnt yelling about it, so no one else had 2 and 2 to put together aside from the driver.


felony charges? what jury would put away a man who defended his pregnant wife?

felony charges? what jury would put away a man who defended his pregnant wife?


I didnt defend my wife- I caught up with the antagonist about twenty minutes later and got onto his bus. He could certainly say I was there to hurt him and he was defending himself. The results were-he was physically harmed, his hat stolen, a bus route was interrupted leaving passengers stranded, keys could be considered stolen even though I didnt keep them.
I was left with the collar of a good black polo shirt nearly torn off and some bad gashes on my knuckles.

Thats one bullet I dodged in my life-by luck as well as my nature. I would still do it again today. If i was caught it wouldn tmake any difference either-I still did the right thing, in my mind.

I didnt defend my wife- I caught up with the antagonist about twenty minutes later and got onto his bus. He could certainly say I was there to hurt him and he was defending himself. The results were-he was physically harmed, his hat stolen, a bus route was interrupted leaving passengers stranded, keys could be considered stolen even though I didnt keep them.
I was left with the collar of a good black polo shirt nearly torn off and some bad gashes on my knuckles.

Thats one bullet I dodged in my life-by luck as well as my nature. I would still do it again today. If i was caught it wouldn tmake any difference either-I still did the right thing, in my mind.

Oh. Well he still deserved it. I would have most likely done the same.

Oh. Well he still deserved it. I would have most likely done the same.

I thought so. I'm glad someone else agrees. its not a story I've shared with people I know for obvious reasons. I know my wife was horrified. The State Police handled the investigation-I had a friend in town police that I brought it up in casual conversation and he told me they werent digging too deep for whatever reason. I just lucked out. Meanwhile, late that night, the clothes I was wearing at the time went into the dumpster behind a McDonalds 10 miles away and I left the car I drove in my brother's garage for two weeks just so it wouldnt spark anyone's memory.

I thought so. I'm glad someone else agrees. its not a story I've shared with people I know for obvious reasons. I know my wife was horrified. The State Police handled the investigation-I had a friend in town police that I brought it up in casual conversation and he told me they werent digging too deep for whatever reason. I just lucked out. Meanwhile, late that night, the clothes I was wearing at the time went into the dumpster behind a McDonalds 10 miles away and I left the car I drove in my brother's garage for two weeks just so it wouldnt spark anyone's memory.


smart move. always good to cover your tracks. you were lucky, enjoy it :)

You are every bit as bad as him.

The smart move would have been speaking to him, as you did, then making a note of the bus license plate and writing a letter to the company. Instead you chose to act like just another violent thug. You committed a serious violent crime in response to a traffic violation, and no amount of lying to yourself about noble intentions changes the fact that those criminal scum we see on the TV every day, you became one of them that day, forever.

You are every bit as bad as him.

The smart move would have been speaking to him, as you did, then making a note of the bus license plate and writing a letter to the company. Instead you chose to act like just another violent thug. You committed a serious violent crime in response to a traffic violation, and no amount of lying to yourself about noble intentions changes the fact that those criminal scum we see on the TV every day, you became one of them that day, forever.


Thats your opinion and you're certainly entitled to it.

Maybe you cant imagine living with yourself if you did the same.

I cant imagine living without having done it.

I never said I wasnt a violent thug. This is one example of many instances.

"Edney maintains a detour along his route forced him to skip the woman's stop."? In what way is that an excuse for physically assaulting someone and then throwing them into traffic?

I cant imagine living without having done it.

I never said I wasnt a violent thug. This is one example of many instances.
Yeah, just make sure it's not your wife next time. ;)

Living with a guy who stands up for you is one thing, living with a guy who administers punishment beatings, lots of women are safer having considered their options, and lots are sad stories because they failed to do so.

Yeah, just make sure it's not your wife next time. ;)

Living with a guy who stands up for you is one thing, living with a guy who administers punishment beatings, lots of women are safer having considered their options, and lots are sad stories because they failed to do so.

I've been with my wife for 20 years-married for 13 of them. I've never raised a hand-or my voice- to her in anger. Or my kids.

Violence is a tool-there is a time and place for it. Family is never the time or place. Reckless scum bags with big mouths that start to get physical-thats the place.
I think he was under the impression that because I was polite, I'd be a push over. He learned the really hard way.

I've been with my wife for 20 years-married for 13 of them. I've never raised a hand-or my voice- to her in anger. Or my kids.

Violence is a tool-there is a time and place for it. Family is never the time or place. Reckless scum bags with big mouths that start to get physical-thats the place.
I think he was under the impression that because I was polite, I'd be a push over. He learned the really hard way.
Well you really showed him your moral superiority.

Violence is not a tool easily controlled. Once the capacity for excessive or irrational violence is demonstrated, it becomes more likely that it will seep into some other part of your life. There are plenty of guys out there who would hit their partner, some random guy in a bar, the police know all too well how widespread it is. And then some guy in a uniform assrapes some kid in a foreign country, and people don't want to hear about it, no way would one of their soldiers do such a thing. Ha. How many civilians do that in life?

I wouldn't be complacent if I were you. You demonstrated your ability to hospitalise someone in a planned revenge attack, out of all proportion to the perceived transgression. You could lash out again. You might not, but you are not only the type of guy who would, you are the type of guy who has, and that already is an indelible stain on your character.

I hope your children grow up better than you.

Well you really showed him your moral superiority.

Violence is not a tool easily controlled. Once the capacity for excessive or irrational violence is demonstrated, it becomes more likely that it will seep into some other part of your life. There are plenty of guys out there who would hit their partner, some random guy in a bar, the police know all too well how widespread it is. And then some guy in a uniform assrapes some kid in a foreign country, and people don't want to hear about it, no way would one of their soldiers do such a thing. Ha. How many civilians do that in life?

I wouldn't be complacent if I were you. You demonstrated your ability to hospitalise someone in a planned revenge attack, out of all proportion to the perceived transgression. You could lash out again. You might not, but you are not only the type of guy who would, you are the type of guy who has, and that already is an indelible stain on your character.

I hope your children grow up better than you.





Although you're quite smug about it, I appreciate your concerns. I'm not sure where the "guy in uniform assrapes some kid" has to do with this, but its clear you have problems with me and people like me.

I will say I hope your children-or any that may ever have to depend on you-arent left victims as a result of your psuedo-superior smugness.

I think the bigger issue in this thread is a man that threw a woman off of a bus onto the street , injuring her, with no apparent regard for her well being.

you would be a good friend to have backing me up and a worse enemy to face:D

His behaviour is by no means excusable, no matter how you look at it. Were I her I would bring a law suit against him.
Oh, you know it. I don't care how bad a day someone's had, do that to a member of the public on the job and he'll be paying into his next lifetime for it. And to a much lesser extent, the transit company.