The school bus fight that took place last month (July 9) now reveals that the 64-year old driver John Moody will not be charged.
Cell phone and surveillance videos showed the brutal whirlwind of three 15-year old boys punching stumping down the 13-year old which led the victim suffering from 2 black eyes and a broken arm. The bigger question was why there wasn't anyone who stepped in and intervened-and eyes were all on John.
"The three boys just jumped on him and started pounding on him and I did all I can," the driver shares. "I was looking. It was like I was in shock. I was petrified." Moody did not physically step in to stop the fight. Rather, he called dispatch for help: "I got a fight. I need help in a hurry, I got a fight I need help in a hurry." He continues, "Get somebody out here quick, quick quick they're about to beat this boy to death. Please get somebody here quick. And they're still doing it. There's nothing I can do."
While Moody believes he has done everything he can, Gulport Police Chief Robert Vincent says "There was clearly an opportunity for him to intervene and or check on the welfare of the children or the child in this case and he didn't make any effort to do so." As for school policy, it only states that in cases of a school bus fight, the driver needs only to call dispatch.
In an interview with UPI, Moody's lawyer Frank McDermott called child neglect accusations "preposterous" and continues to say, "I don't think law enforcement should ever tell citizens to intervene in a violent attack. John did what he was trained to do," McDermott said.
Following the incident, the 3 perpetrators were arrested under charges of aggravated battery. Two weeks after the school bus fight, the 64-year old driver retired.
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