SANFORD, Fla. — The Sanford mother who was arrested after confronting her daughter's school bus driver to try and find out who was allegedly bullying her is asking the state attorney's office to drop charges against her.
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The incident happened on a school bus and was caught on camera. It escalated when the when the bus driver, Roy Hooks, responded to Booker's concerns about her daughter being bullied. He's now the center of an intense district investigation.
"That's a lying little girl. I don't care what you hear from the other students. I'm just saying the girl's a big liar," Hooks is heard saying in the video.
Laura Booker said her daughter, the bullying victim, is now riding to school on a different bus. Booker hired a lawyer to handle the incident.
Booker told WFTV Wednesday that Hooks allows the kids on his bus to act crazy, and what got her most angry is when he allegedly implied her daughter was "ghetto."
Deputies were called in by Hooks to pull Booker off the bus. Deputies threatened to use a taser on Booker if she didn't step away. She did, but was later charged with trespassing and resisting an officer.
Booker's lawyer told WFTV he plans to ask the state attorney's office to dismiss the charges.
"We're hopeful that if the school board watches the video, that they will contact the state attorney's office and try to get them not to press charges," said attorney Mark Nation.
Booker said she's surprised she was arrested.
"It was excessive. I said nothing. I thought if the bus driver called police they'd be on my side. Parents don't get on buses for nothing," she said.
Booker said years ago she did the same thing when her son was allegedly being bullied. She said she confronted the children on the bus during that incident, but that did not lead to an arrest.
"I was told at that time, you cannot get on the school bus when students are on it. I knew that after, so I made sure I waited until every child was off that bus," said Booker.
Booker also said she's disappointed with the Seminole County School District.
Booker will head to court in May.
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