Mother Attacks a School Bus Driver in His 70s After he Pulled Over Because the Children were Being Unruly

Video shows an altercation on the back of a Denver Public Schools bus between a parent and the school bus driver.



The incident occurred Wednesday in North Park Hill.



The parent, Brandi Martin, was arrested for investigation of third-degree assault of an at-risk adult because the driver was more than 70 years old. But other parents who were there believe the video shows she was just defending herself.



The Denver Police Department released the probable cause statement for Martin’s arrest. It says the driver told police he pulled over the bus in the 2900 block of North Kearney Street because the kids were being “unruly.”



Parents say they were contacted by their kids and showed up on Kearney Street to pick them up.



The tense situation was caught on video, as parents gathered around the back of the bus. Parents say the driver would not let the children off of the bus. Qaedah Perron, a parent who witnessed the incident and called 911, says Martin got onto the bus to try to get her daughter off, which is when the altercation began.



The caught-on-camera incident was shared widely on social media.