GA man accused of stopping school bus full of kids because a child flipped off his family

[ecstatic]

According to an incident report from the Catoosa County Sheriff’s Office, on April 24, 2023, at around 4:30 p.m., Roger O’Neal Barrett, 55, was moving cattle across a road when he said a child on a school bus “flipped off” his wife and 13-year-old child as the bus passed them by.

Barrett stopped the bus with his truck and wanted to wait for a deputy to arrive to get the juvenile’s information.

The director told a deputy that the school is going to investigate the incident and take disciplinary action against the student who was accused of flipping the family off as they see fit.

Barrett was charged with disruption or interference with the operation of public schools.

https://www.wsbtv.com/news/georgia/ga-man-accused-blocking-school-bus-because-child-flipped-off-his-family/YKKMABALY5A3FPQ6452I34KWVI/

This is crazy. Some details were left out but I'm assuming that Barrett raced behind the bus then cut in front of it to block it in? Barrett was out of control and should do some jail time for that stunt.

I wonder if they're actually going to discipline the child.

[Javaman]

1. one, he's a rough looking 55.

but that maybe why he's still a man-child.

a 13 old flips you off, you flip them off back and laugh. the kid laughs and you laugh. that's the unwritten agreement.

another mentally stunted moron.

[ProfessorGAC]

7. He Looks Older Than Me

And, I've got nearly 12 years on him.
I agree with you. He looks pretty rough for mid 50s.

[Celerity]

8. slack-jawed yokel redneck stock ususally does not age well

[Laffy Kat]

2. I'm just relieved he didn't open up his AR on them.

Effing snowflakes.

[Grasswire2]

6. my thought exactly

What a horror that would be. But stranger things have happened.

[EYESORE 9001]

3. Isn't this a 1st Amendment issue?

I thought flipping the bird as free speech was settled law.

[Sky Jewels]

4. Yet another white male who thinks he has a right

to control everyone and everything.

[dembotoz]

5. now here is a candidate for having his guns removed

[Emile]

9. Exactly

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Anyone getting that upset over something that little is a snow-flakey self-righteous piece of shit and needs to have his guns removed before blowing his temper and doing something stupid.

[CatWoman]

10. kids have been doing that probably since the population of Earth

[Emile]

12. As an old retired truck driver, I can't count how many times

I was given the #1 driving award. LOL

[Hassin Bin Sober]

22. Yep. One of my top 10 rules for driving

Don’t make eye contact with school bus kids. Who the hell wants to get taunted by little shits? Lol

I have to admit I have cracked up a few times.

[ecstatic]

26. Lol! nt

[Maru Kitteh]

17. Oh please don't do that. You stigmatize mental illness just that way. He's

very likely NOT mentally ill.


Being a snow-flakey self-righteous piece of shit is not the same thing as being mentally ill.

[Emile]

21. You're right, but they don't take guns away for being a

snow-flakey self-righteous piece of shit and they are supposed to if they are mentally ill.

I will edit my other post.

[Takket]

11. At least he didn't murder everyone on the bus with an AR15

Pretty sad that that is the bar I’m judging an event like this by but, here we are.

[Sky Jewels]

13. I know, I had the same thought.

Yay, 'Murika!

[Vinca]

14. On the bright side, at least he didn't shoot the kid.

[exboyfil]

15. Misdemeanor of a high and aggravated nature

Seems like cutting off a vehicle and preventing its continued progress down the road should be a felony.

I am thinking this law should be more appropriate:

2020 Georgia Code
Title 16 - Crimes and Offenses
Chapter 5 - Crimes Against the Person
Article 3 - Kidnapping, False Imprisonment, and Related Offenses
§ 16-5-41. False Imprisonment

A person commits the offense of false imprisonment when, in violation of the personal liberty of another, he arrests, confines, or detains such person without legal authority.
A person convicted of the offense of false imprisonment shall be punished by imprisonment for not less than one nor more than ten years.
Any person convicted under this Code section wherein the victim is not the child of the defendant and the victim is less than 14 years of age shall, in addition, be subject to the sentencing and punishment provisions of Code Section 17-10-6.2.

[ecstatic]

23. Oohh. Good find. Of course, he will get a pass.

Slap on the wrist.

[Talitha]

16. On the other side of the coin - the kid could have shot him instead of just flipping him off.

[hunter]

18. Why didn't the bus driver simply shoot him?

Isn't an armed society a polite society?

This bus driver was clearly negligent.

[themaguffin]

19. Take action against the student? WTF?

[dalton99a]

20. Piece of shit wants the name and address of the student so he can harass them

[ecstatic]

24. Right. Creepy AF. Why in the world would he need that child's address?

Beyond disturbing.

[pfitz59]

25. Technically it could be attempted kidnapping and child endangerment

the guy is a loon, and a snowflake. was this in MTG's district?

[ecstatic]

27. Lol! Funny you should ask... The answer is

YES! It just goes to show how the poor behavior and conduct from the top can trickle down.

https://www.legalconsumer.com/democracy/elected-officials.php?FIPS=13047

[treestar]

28. how old is the "child?" 17?

giving somebody the finger is rude but would seem not to require involvement of the legal system.