Friday, June 25, 2004
A Piece of Utter Brilliance From the Town Where My Brother Lives...
It's called Ocala, but I lovingly think of it as "Ocalabama". Put simply, the town makes Mayberry look like a think-tank. Unfortunately, I didn't know how truly screwed up the place could be. Until now...
OCALA, Fla. (AP) - A black school bus driver filed a complaint with authorities after seeing two children dressed in Ku Klux Klan robes and carrying a cross at one of her stops.
Claudette Johnson told the Marion County Sheriff's Office that she spotted the pair Wednesday among a group of students waiting for the bus. Johnson made eye contact with the two as the other students boarded her bus, but said the robed students did not speak.
The children in robes then crossed the street and handed the cross to another child, who dragged the cross away, the complaint said. They stood between 5 and 5 feet tall and weighed about 100 pounds, according to Johnson.
Johnson, a 23-year employee of the Marion County school system, said she had also seen a child wearing a KKK outfit at the same bus stop about two weeks ago. Her route serves students attending summer camp at a school.
``I don't think this is funny,'' she said. ``I'm an employee for the public school system. I shouldn't have to deal with this.''
Why do I get the vibe that these kids' parents won't give two shits about what their kids did?
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