The driver told Abney to exit the bus or he’d call police. As he stood with the knife out, Abney allegedly told the driver, “I’m going to kill you the next time I see you.” A short while later, Abney stepped off the bus. “If y’all let me see that bus driver out of uniform, ima do something now. “When you assault a bus operator, you are putting at risk the lives of everyone on the bus,” Metro General Manager Paul J. Wiedefeld said in a statement. Also last month, a 31-year-old man allegedly spat on a U4 bus driver a few blocks south of where the urine-throwing incident was reported.

Source: Washington Post October 03, 2017 23:35 UTC