Black rage is keepin’ it real.
Passengers were stunned after they witnessed an attack of a blind womanon board a King County Metro Bus. The incident was caught on camera andseen only on Q13 FOX News. It happened over a year ago but the video iscoming to light now.
Passengers witnessed the attack on a blind woman sitting at the frontof the bus. She was minding her own business and holding her cane whenthe attack happened.
Surveillance video shows a man boarding the bus at about 11am May 18,2008. Right after he paid his fare, he approached the victim seen inthe red hat. Witnesses say he yelled “The sick must die” and proceededto punch the blind woman.
Charles Capizano is one of six people who rushed to help the woman. Hesays; “His initial attack was just… I mean she didn’t know what hither and she was just… she got hit pretty good.”
Denise Gubernick was also on the bus and rushed to give aid. She says;”He hit her with a full force fist to the side of her head that snappedher sunglasses… Flew off her head… I’m a mother and my instinct isto protect and I just jumped forward to hold her.”
Seattle Police say she was punched four to five times in the face andhead. The passenger next to the woman came to aid her and blocked thesuspect. The passenger was hit four times while blocking the victim.
Several passengers from the back of the bus ran to the front of thebus. One of them can be seen holding back the suspect as he tried topunch the woman. As he was being detained, he yelled “You don’t knowwhat you are doing.”
The victim sustained swelling and a cut beneath her left eye. Thepassenger sitting next to her sustained a cut on the left cheek.
The suspect was arrested for the assault but due to his apparent diminished mental capacity, he was never charged. He was, instead, sent to Western State Hospital where he remains today.