Terrified boy, 11, frogmarched off bus to waiting police after forgetting his Oyster card due to school fancy dress day.
news.
This story is about
a boy called Marcus, who was traveling to school when he noticed he forgot his
travel card. The police came to take him off the bus and he was handed a fine
of 80 pounds. Marissa the mother of eleven-year-old Marcus said the fine should
be annulled. He is just a young boy who forgot his travel card because he
had to wear special clothes to school that day. Transport for London who is
responsible for this said they are not going to do this because Marcus should
have had his card with him.
In my opinion this
is just a bit ridiculous, why did the police have to come he is just a little
boy of eleven. Did they really have to throw him of the bus? He was going to
school let him go maybe give him a fine or just let this slide for once. I think
they could have been much more lenient because of the circumstances, the boy was
properly dressed. Very neat actually, why punish him? And why would you start questioning
him, you’re just scaring him at that moment and that is just not fair.
I agree with your opinion, that the police reacted to harsh on the little boy. Like you said, he's only eleven. It's not like he ment to ride on the bus without his travel card, and the police should be able to figure this out on themselves. A warning would have been enough, and the boy would probably have been scared enough to never forget his travel card ever again.
BeantwoordenVerwijderen