Wednesday, there was a white boy of about 20 at the bus stop with me. He said that it sure is scary to be white on the buses. He's a Towson U. student who lives in white marsh. He told this horrendous story of how he missed his county bus (last May) had to go to the city to get his transfer, but the street light was out where he was supposed to get off and it was after dark, so he got off at the next stop that did have a light. His plan was to (this is so similar to what I go thru, but without the support that he has) go to the city, call his friend and make his friend wait with him at the stop, or spend the night over his friend's house in the city and complete the trip the next morning.
He was near Lexington and Howard, pulled out his cell to call his friend to wait with him, and 6 teens assaulted him beating him and giving him a concussion. He's pretty sure that the 2 cops that were on foot patrol saw the whole thing happen and chose to ignore it. A bus driver finally tried to help him offering to call an ambulance (ambo in Australia and England) The young man, said, no you better not call an ambo, I have no health insurance.
The next day the boy collapsed in his college class from his injuries and was rushed to the hospital. I gave him my website and encouraged him to tell his story here, and or post comments to my transit blogs.
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