Mother releases video of son being bullied on bus by white teens
Roxanne Haskins released the video showing Cequan Haskins receiving physical and verbal abuse, including racial and sexual slurs by two 15-year-old boys for nearly forty minutes.
Disturbing footage was released Friday at a press conference in Appomattox, VA., by a mother whose 10-year-old son was bullied on a school bus in May 2011. Roxanne Haskins released the video showing Cequan Haskins receiving physical and verbal abuse, including racial and sexual slurs, by two 15-year-old boys for nearly forty minutes. The bus driver, who was acquitted of all child charges, is heard in the video saying “Ugh, anything to get him quiet! I have to drive this bus.” Haskins is heard screaming as the boys allegedly held a hot cigarette lighter to his skin. Since the incident, Cequan’s mother has revealed that he has received countless hours of therapy and has been diagnosed with post-traumatic stress disorder. The Huffington Post has the story.
Chilling video of 10-year-old Cequan Haskins being viciously bullied on a school bus in May 2011 was released publicly on Friday by the boy’s mother at a press conference in Appomattox County, Va., WSET-TV reports.
The station reports that video of physical and verbal abuse goes on for forty minutes and includes racial and sexual slurs, as well as Cequan screaming as two 15-year-old boys allegedly hold a hot cigarette lighter to his skin.
In the video, bus driver Nancy Davis can be heard seemingly encouraging the abuse, though she was aquitted of all child abuse charges a few months ago.
“Ugh, anything to get him quiet! I’ve got to drive this bus,” Davis is heard saying in the video.
WSET-TV reports both teens involved in the video were found guilty of disorderly conduct, assault, and battery.
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