CLAYTON COUNTY, Ga. — Police said a local mother got on a school bus and made physical contact with a 9-year-old child. She’s now facing battery and other charges.
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Channel 2′s Tom Jones was in Clayton County Monday, where some parents said the incident unfolded over bullying. There is some dispute about who was bullying whom, but the situation ended up with a mother in handcuffs on her way to jail.
Tenisha Barber said she was waiting for her child’s school bus to arrive when she saw Roshaunda Qualls get on the bus on Mount Zion Parkway on Thursday.
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“She came up and she got on the bus,” Barber said.
What happened next led to Qualls’ arrest.
Court documents indicate that Qualls recklessly interfered with the operation of a school bus when she made intentional contact with the 9-year-old.
The Clayton County School …