Furious American dad of Florida physically attacks Black school employee after son banned from riding from bus

Esdra Burges-Cruz is accused of storming onto a school bus on May 2 while it was stopped in Ocala and striking the employee in the chest,

By Edward Era Barbacena 

A dad stormed onto a school bus, yelled at the driver and struck an aide, according to a Florida sheriff’s office.

Esdra Burges-Cruz, 50, is accused of storming onto a school bus on May 2 while it was stopped in Ocala and striking the employee in the chest, according to an arrest report from the Marion County Sheriff’s Office obtained by Fox 35.

The dad was upset his son had been suspended from the bus route, according to an arrest affidavit from the Marion County Sheriff’s Office.

The Cruz was dropping a group of children off at a stop in Ocala on May 2 when the man approached the bus and asked the driver if he could come on board, the affidavit says.

The driver said no, and the dad told him to “shut the (expletive) up,” according to the affidavit. He then walked onto the bus, the sheriff’s office said.

He started to scream at the school bus aide while waving a piece of paper, according to the affidavit. He then gave the paper to the aide and continued to yell.

Cell phone video taken by a student on the bus shows the father hit the aide’s chest while snatching the paper back. He also grabs a lanyard around the aide’s neck, according to the video.

Children can be heard screaming and yelling, “Oh (expletive)” in the background.

“If I hear something else about my son you’re gonna see what’s gonna happen,” Burges-Cruz  menacingly tells the bus aide, waving a piece of paper at him before getting off the bus.

The Cruz was arrested and charged with battery on a public or private education employee, disturbance of a school function and unarmed burglary of an occupied conveyance, according to the sheriff’s office.

His bond was set at $17,500, according to the sheriff’s office.