Driftwood Middle student beaten by 2 others in school bus; victim’s attorney calls for attackers’ expulsion

Parents are speaking out after cellphone video surfaced of two Broward County middle school students savagely beating another on a school bus The episode took place in Davie last Thursday when the two Driftwood Middle School students physically attacked -year-old Anthony a seventh grader at the same school while riding on a school bus as part of a inhabitants dispute according to Broward County Residents Schools Maribel Piza an attorney representing Anthony s family spoke with News on Tuesday about Thursday s attack They treated Anthony kind of like a punching bag and punches and punches him and punches him she stated The cellphone video shows Anthony being pummeled over and over by two other boys while other students appeard to be cheering and a boy recorded video on his phone The bus driver pulled over near Davie Road North of Stirling Road and called police who investigated the situation His nose I believe was fractured and multiple injuries to the head reported Piza You ll be able to see that in the video and he has contusions he s got like a little blood You can see like bruising on his head He was bleeding profusely It s horrific it s very graphic and it was emotional Paramedics arrived to the scene and assessed the victim before releasing him The participant was not transported to the hospital his mother responded to the scene and took him home Anthony and his mother originally from Guatemala have only been in the United States since December According to Anthony he was playing cards on the bus when suddenly the two other students jumped him stating the issue had been brewing over the subject of a sparse days Piza announced the two assailants have been suspended for nine days but she and her client s family are not convinced that s enough The two gentlemen that attacked him ought to be expelled declared Piza In a report a BCPS spokesperson wrote The two students responsible for the matter have received appropriate disciplinary measures in accordance with the District s Code Book for Attendee Conduct We defer to law enforcement for additional information A spokesperson for Davie Police disclosed they have not yet seen the cellphone video