100 Detroit bus drivers refuse to drive routes after attack by teens

100 Detroit bus drivers refuse to drive routes after attack by teens. “Our drivers are scared, they’re scared for their lives. This has been an ongoing situation about security. …when one of my drivers was beat up by some teenagers down in the middle of Rosa Parks and it took the police almost 30 minutes to get there, in downtown Detroit.” Ignore what the GM propa-mercials say, Detroit ain’t back. This particular situation would improve if drivers carried weapons. Just sayin’.

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  • "...and it took the police almost 30 minutes to get there."

    maybe they need the gubmint safelink phones, that will give them security.

  • Detroit is a cess pool. I f I were those drivers, I wouldn't drive either! And finally somebody comes along with the brillian conclusion that gee, maybe the PUBLIC is in danger also. Besides potting an armed guard with permission to shoot if necessary on every bus, I can't see how they can fix this-unless they box everyone in Detroit and send them elsewhere. But wait, then they wouldn't need the buses.

  • Just goes to show that being a hotshot basketball player does not make a person a good mayor.

    They rename that city, Detroilet

  • You're right, Detroit ain't back. It's sinking deeper and deeper into a Third World mire and all the GM/government propaganda can't change that sad fact.

    But Detroit's bus problems go beyond striking drivers and violent teens (or "youths" as the MSM likes to say). Lack of trained mechanics has led to a shortage of working buses, consequently many passengers have to wait for an hour or more for a ride. Being late for work or an appointment is common.

    Imagine waiting at a Detroit bus stop in January for a ride that may, or may not, come and then sharing the ride with a bunch of gangstas.

    All Democrat politicians in Michigan should be forced to ride the bus to work.

    • Watch "Super Pawnshop," or whatever the name of that show is. See the people of Detroit, and how they act. Detroit not only isn't back, it isn't coming back. It's over.

  • Union dudes getting beaten up?

    why thats not right, it should be the other way around...but its your city detroit