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Buses need security officers to thwart thuggish behavior

Some years ago when my wife was still alive, we were coming from some place on the bus and a crazy man started to harass her. Needless to say, I got quite upset about this and came very close to throwing him off the bus.

Would you believe the same situation happened to me very recently! And because I don't remember what he looked like, it might have been the same person giving me a hard time. When I was almost at my boiling point, he got off the bus, which was a good thing for him.

And yes, I say like I did years ago when I wrote a similar letter: "We need undercover security on the buses" to avoid these thugs from getting out of hand.

John De Quinzio

Bradenton

This story was originally published April 22, 2016 at 12:00 AM with the headline "Buses need security officers to thwart thuggish behavior ."

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