A mother releases video of her autistic son being hit by an aide on a school bus to raise awareness
The IndependentFor free real time breaking news alerts sent straight to your inbox sign up to our breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. It wasn't until Vestal asked to review the bus surveillance video last month, which she made public Tuesday, that she learned the bus aide was abusing her son. Vestal said she could only watch about two minutes of her son getting elbowed, punched and hit but wanted to release the footage because she suspects this is happening to other children without anyone knowing. “And if he had to live through it, I think the least everybody else could do is pay attention to it so that it doesn't happen again.” ___ This story has been corrected to show that Jones has been charged with one count of third-degree assault on an at risk person, not one count of abusing a person in a position of trust.
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