There’s no telling who you will end up on public transportation with. With the rise in crime in major cities, one can only hope to escape the unsolicited wrath of a stranger or that someone will help if things escalate. Unfortunately, no one responded to the screams of Kyla Thurston when she was attacked on a DC Metrobus.
Just weeks ago, reports say Thurston was riding the W4 Metrobus and had given her seat to a mother with children, per WTOP. A group of juveniles and adults, mostly boys, also aboard the bus had been cursing around the kids and Thurston spoke up asking them to stop. Instead of rolling their eyes or ignoring her, the group became unruly, throwing Thurston to the floor, hitting and kicking her face and body.
She told Fox 5 DC her cries for help went ignored by both passengers and the bus driver.
“The bus driver made no attempt to stop the bus. He didn’t alert local authorities or anything to my defense. Even after I’m yelling at the top of my lungs, ‘Stop the bus – let me off the bus,’ the bus driver never stopped,” she said.
One passenger pulled out their phone to record the scene as the bus finally arrived at a stop and the group continued to drag Thurston off the bus.
Source: A Shameful Act: Woman Dragged Off DC Metro Bus; Her Cries For Help Went Ignored, She Says
