![]() ![]() School district, transportation director didn’t take action, lawsuit says ![]() When the student’s father confronted Naisbitt the next morning, the bus driver “denied even knowing” the boy.Īfter the father again reported the incident to the school’s principal and Roberts, Naisbitt turned up in the bus at the father’s place of employment and parked outside, in what the lawsuit calls “a clear attempt to retaliate” against the student by “intimidating or harassing” his father.Īsked by CNN whether any action was taken against Naisbitt in regard to the previous incidents outlined in the lawsuit, the Davis School District declined to comment, citing the pending lawsuit. The first student’s parents reported the incident to Roberts, the lawsuit says. After finally releasing the first student, the lawsuit says, Naisbitt again tried to close the doors on the second. In October 2018, as two mixed-race boys were getting on the bus after school, “Naisbitt intentionally closed the doors” on one of them. The incident was reported to the transportation department, the lawsuit says, which was overseen by Dave Roberts. In September 2017, the suit says, “Naisbitt took no action when a Caucasian sixth grade boy physically assaulted a third grade biracial girl on the bus.” Mayes’ son had to “stop the assault.” (Photo by Chris Jackson/Getty Images) Chris Jackson/Getty ImagesĪnalysis: Don't use the royal birth to trot out a dangerous myth LISBURN, NORTHERN IRELAND - MARCH 23: Prince Harry and Meghan Markle visit the Eikon Centre and attend an event to mark the second year of the youth-led peace-building initiative 'Amazing the Space' on Main Lisburn, Nothern Ireland. “If I had, I would have stopped.”Īccording to the lawsuit, there were at least two other instances of what it called discriminatory conduct against mixed-race students. ![]() “I didn’t see him in there,” Naisbitt said. ![]() Speaking to KSTU, Naisbitt denied that he intentionally closed the doors and claimed the boy staged the incident after Naisbitt disciplined his brother. “Had the straps on child Does’ backpack broken,” the lawsuit says, “Doe would have dropped to the pavement and could have been run over and killed by the bus or could have sustained serious injuries by the fall onto the concrete.” The bus comes to a stop and the doors open, freeing the boy. There are several students still in line behind Child Doe, per the video and the lawsuit. The lawsuit says the bus was moving between 7 and 10 miles per hour. The incident involving Mayes’ son – identified in the lawsuit only as Child Doe – was caught on the bus camera.Ībout a dozen students exit the bus before Child Doe steps off.Īs he does so, the doors of the bus close on his backpack, and the bus moves forward and continues to do so for approximately 17 seconds. Lawsuit details multiple instances of alleged discrimination The Davis School District takes any claims of racial discrimination seriously and does not tolerate any form of racial discrimination in our schools.” The suit requests that disciplinary action be taken against Naisbitt and that criminal charges be filed.ĭavis School District spokeswoman Shauna Lund told CNN in a statement Friday morning, “When issues of discrimination are raised at any time, they are investigated thoroughly. The lawsuit also names the Davis School District and its transportation director, Dave Roberts, who Mayes said ignored her concerns. Naisbitt told KSTU he retired several days after the incident.ĬNN’s calls to Naisbitt were not returned. Reached by CNN affiliate KSTU at his home in Hooper, Utah, Naisbitt said he was “not at all” racist. Naisbitt – who is no longer employed by the district, per a spokeswoman – had previously displayed “racial animus and discriminatory conduct” toward other students of mixed race, according to the lawsuit, which cites at least two prior incidents involving other students dating back to September 2017. Naisbitt, 78, then drove approximately 150 to 175 feet before opening the doors and letting the boy go, the lawsuit says. A Utah mother is suing a former bus driver who she alleges closed the bus door on her 14-year-old biracial son’s backpack and dragged him approximately 150 feet because of his “racial animus” toward students of mixed race.īrenda Mayes’ civil rights lawsuit says her son was getting off the school bus in early February when the driver, John Naisbitt, closed the doors, trapping the boy’s backpack inside as he dangled outside. ![]()
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