Friday, October 12, 2012
The Cleveland RTA released the names of the two people involved in the incident that became a viral video of a driver uppercutting a woman on a bus in Beachwood.
The Cleveland RTA has released the name of the bus driver who uppercut a woman on a bus in Beachwood in a video that became viral this week. Artis Hughes, a 22-year-veteran of the Cleveland RTA, has been identified as the bus driver in the video. He was suspended Oct. 11 after RTA personnel saw the video online. See all posts on this topic: RTA Uppercut Topic Page The woman in the video is Shidea N. Lane, 25, the RTA wrote. Hughes called Transit Police and filed a report that he had been assaulted, but Lane did not file a report. Neither party pressed charges against the other. READ | Cleveland RTA Uppercut Driver: Woman Choked Me, Spit on Me The RTA wrote that the company is conducting an internal investigation into the incident. …
We rounded up Tweets responding to the video of a Cleveland RTA driver uppercutting a female passenger.
The video went viral and the Twitterverse has responded. Some are serious, some are funny. Many Tweets glorify the blow the Cleveland RTA bus driver gave the woman in a viral video. See all posts on this topic: RTA Uppercut Topic Page In Cleveland, the hashtag #uppercut, the phrase Mortal Combat — comprised of Tweets comparing the punch to the popular 1980s tabletop game — and the acronym RTA is trending, and at least two acounts have been created to Tweet about the uppercut a local RTA driver gave a woman on a bus in Beachwood. Check out the Tweets in the gallery above, and let us know what you think of the response in the comments. LOOK | Driver and Witness' Full Statements to Police WATCH | Cleveland RTA Bus Driver Hits Female Passenger…
Do you think the 22-year veteran should be punished further for the blow that was caught in a now-viral video?
A Cleveland RTA bus driver was filmed uppercutting a female passenger on a Beachwood bus and the video has gone viral. See all posts on this topic: RTA Uppercut Topic Page A spokesperson from the RTA wrote today that the company saw the video on Oct. 11 and immediately suspended the 22-year veteran driver pending an internal investigation. The woman did not press charges on the day of the incident. Do you think the driver deserves further punishment for this incident? Take our poll, and tell us why in the comments! WATCH | Cleveland RTA Bus Driver Hits Female Passenger: Video Taken in Beachwood WARNING: VIDEO CONTAINS GRAPHIC SCENES AND EXPLICIT LANGUAGE. LOOK | Driver and Witness' Full Statements to Police READ | Twitterverse …
Monday, June 4, 2012
Cuyahoga Astronomical Association, Cleveland State University, others will host free event at Edgewater Park
A little after 6 p.m. on Tuesday, we will have an opportunity to witness one of the rarest predictable celestial events: a transit of Venus, and a festival at Edgewater Park will allow you to witness it for free. The Transit of Venus Often referred to as the "Evening Star" or "Morning Star," Venus is the brightest natural object in our sky after the Sun and the Moon. As the second planet from the Sun, it's closer to the Sun than the Earth is. A "transit" of Venus occurs when Venus passes between us and the Sun in such a way that we can see Venus's silhouette backlit by the Sun's brilliant light. It last happened in 2004, but it won't happen again until 2117. Unless you plan to shatter some human longevity records, this is probably your …
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FrankMir
7:39 pm on Thursday, November 8, 2012
Only "cowards" in the context that you use it, hit men thinking that they will not get introuble. Im sure that girl didnt really want to fight that man. Just hiting hime while she believed she wouldnt get hit. Thats cowardly thinking. The man simply acted out of rage. There is a difference between rage and cowardess. Yes the woman was a bully no question the buss driver just wasnt able to handel … more ›