and then when I get to Curtis, they are there. Sometimes they jump me, sometimes I get away,
and sometimes they catch me. They have stolen my money and my phone several times….
The first time I can recall I got off on the Evergreen bus and I passed Emerson and that is when
I learned that this is where they hang out. There was 12 boys. And they asked me where I was
going. They asked who I was with. I said I was by myself. Then he came over and started
swinging on me. He told me he was Band Crew. Then the others came over and jumped me
and got me on the ground and began kicking me. They took my phone. They tried to take my
keys so they could rob my house.
There was another time I was walking down Avon from 7 mile and they attacked me on Curtis.
I have to pass Curtis. I had walked pass the Band Crew house which looks like a nice house,
but this is where they are. They saw me walking by and they went to the window, and then they
also came out of the house. I started protecting myself and after four people came against me.
They didn’t take anything but I ended up with a big knot on my head and cuts on my arm.
I am very political. The bad thing is, I actually wanted people to vote for Governor Snyder
because he said he was a nerd and very educated. I thought, okay, it is time someone comes in
who is studious, like myself. He is terrible though. His decisions are terrible as far as how it
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TRANSPORTATION ISSUES
As this complaint relates, the area for many schools is very large. Cody has an area of 24 miles. Many students
cannot afford the cost of transportation. Complainants write about being attacked by the Charter school
students also requiring hospitalization:
“ I was on the Grand River bus and I was going to my auntie house after summer school to help
her. Then the boy, who I didn’t know saw my bus card and said I should let him have it. He
kept on talking and told me that he wasn’t really asking. His friend smacked me in the face.
The other boy tried to go in my shirt to get the bus card. I pushed him and everyone on the bus
just watched while I was attacked.”F
“The Caesar Chavez students jumped me when (a) girl I knew said, “Whatever you do, don’t
fight back.” As soon as she said that a boy smacked me in the back of the head. Then two boys
were fighting me so my nose was bleeding and a concussion and I (went) to Sinai hospital.” F
“I know many kids that don’t go to school because they are afraid to catch the bus because it is
not safe for us.” F
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