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Marion County school bus video shows 7-year-old choked, punched on ride to school

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Marcus Chen
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Marcus manages the day-to-day editorial workflow across all brands, coordinating coverage assignments and ensuring editorial standards are met. He previously served as city editor at the Pioneer Press and holds a degree in Political Science from Carleton College.

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Marion County school bus video shows 7-year-old choked, punched on ride to school — Winter Park Schools news

A 7-year-old boy was choked, punched, and shoved on a Marion County school bus on his way to Marion Oaks Elementary, and his mother says no one from the school ever called her.The disturbing video, shared with News 6 through the Neighborhood Network, shows an older boy climbing on top of the child and choking him during the ride.The 7-year-old described what happened in his own words.“We were in the bus at that time, so I had no advantage. He was bigger than me. He was nine years old. And he like, he climbed on top of me, and yeah, he climbed on top of me. I couldn’t breathe. I was trying to fight back.”He said the other boy choked him three times before the bus driver stepped in. “The bus driver stopped it before he could do worse,” he said.Mother learned about attack from her son — not the schoolThe incident happened on Tuesday. His mother, Brittany Billups, says she found out only after her son came home and told her he had been in a fight. She says she never received any communicat

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