“I want them to hear it and stop putting out little sound bites where they’re like we need this taken care of ASAP.
#SEATTLE BUS 15 TV#
“I want Seattle City Council to see this,” the victim told KIRO 7 TV at the time. Ridership on Regional Partnership routes (those routes with service funded in partnership between Seattle and another jurisdiction thanks for STBD) increased 12, adding more than 5,000 weekday riders. He slashed the victim’s face while walking his dog. Bus routes in Seattle and Link light rail carried 304,000 weekday riders, up 15 over June 2015. In September, one of the homeless men who frequented Occidental Park stabbed a passerby at random. The area-homeless can be unpredictably violent.
The 55 bus rolling to Seattle from W Seattle.
#SEATTLE BUS 15 FULL#
This bus is never full 6:15 am Welcome to the new shit show commute Media. An unarmed security escort won’t make that much of a difference, unfortunately. The 55 bus rolling to Seattle from W Seattle. That it’s this unsafe around the county courthouse should embarrass city leaders. When will the police be able to do their jobs? ( .Security guards have complained that they face a dangerous disadvantage while patrolling should they encounter armed criminals. Two other youths have also been charged in connection with the assault. Police used Facebook and MySpace pages to track down the gang and arrested four of those involved, including the alleged attacker.ĭominique Whittaker,18, has been charged with assault and faces up to two years in jail. I know the Olympic Security folks were also disappointed in the response, but again, the employees were following the letter of the agreement.' 'We are very disappointed in what people see in that video,' said Kevin Desmond, general manager of Metro Transit. Seattle city officials have also demanded an inquiry. She said in court papers that she suffers from a heart condition and was trying to protect her chest during the assault.Ī woman who witnessed the assault from a bus said:'You've got three male security guards and there's a young girl getting kicked in the head, lying on the ground, motionless? And they couldn't do anything? Doesn't seem like security.'Ī spokesman for Olympic Security said their guards have instructions not to get involved.īut the owners of the bus station Metro Transit said they are reviewing their contract in light of the lack of action by their staff. The attacker walks away, but runs back to land one last kick on her victim's head while another member of the gang runs off with her bag containing a mobile phone and iPod.Īmazingly, the victim did not need hospital treatment.
The girl takes another swing at her victim as one of the security guards looks onĪnother guard turns away while a third further down the platform looks on. Save big with Greyhound cheap bus tickets from 11 By continuing to use this site, you agree to the use of cookies by Greyhound and third-party partners to recognize users in order to enhance and customize content, offers and advertisements, and send email. When the victim loses consciousness the attacker continues to kick her in the head.Īs the assault continues a security guard standing over the victim does not even try to intervene other than calling police. Book your next Greyhound bus from Tacoma, Washington to Seattle, Washington. Police noticed the confrontation and kicked the gang out of the store while the victim and her friend went to the bus station.ĬCTV cameras pick up the girl as she stands next to a uniformed security guard in the hope they will offer her some protection.īut after being attacked by another girl she is knocked to the floor where her attacker pummels her head with a flurry of blows. The 15-year-old, who is black, said the gang had said he was 'acting white' and had 'nice things'. The girl said she had sought out the guards after an earlier altercation inside a department store with a gang of eight youths and two girls. I thought the security guards would defend me.' 'I know that I am about to get jumped and I am hanging around the guards to try and get protection.
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