‘Just Your Size Is Assault!’: Illinois Woman Hurls Insults at Bus Driver, Refuses to Get Off, and Sparks Police Standoff
A central Illinois bus came to a stop last fall when a woman's antics forced the driver to pull over and call the cops. The unidentified woman had allegedly moved from the back of the bus to confront the driver for reasons unclear. The driver told police she felt threatened. A woman is caught on camera facing off with cops on a city bus. (Photo: YouTube screenshot/Unspoken Crime Murders) "You made her feel alarmed and disturbed," a University of Illinois officer told the irate woman. The Nov. 11 interaction was filmed by one of the officers present and has been shared on YouTube. The driver said the woman made sport of her weight. "You're not missing any meals, either," the driver recalled the woman telling her as she talked to police in a large parking lot in the Champaign-Urbana metro area. She also accused the driver of not being certified to drive the bus and told her, inexplicably, "You like to talk to Caucasian boys, don't you?" "I had to get away from her before it escalated," the driver told cops. She called her superiors at the transit authority, and they agreed. The unidentified woman was waiting for the cops on the bus, alone, when police arrived. At least three officers boarded the bus to confront her. "What's going on?" one of the cops asks. She responds by asking if the driver had written anything down. She would repeat that question several times. "She'll have her side, I'll have my side, you'll have yours," the woman said. She then accused one of the cops of assault. "I have not touched you," he said.
