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   https://gothamist.com/news/brooklyn-da-declines-to-prosecute-mta-bus-   
   driver-in-alleged-self-defense-stabbing   
      
   The Brooklyn District Attorney’s Office has decided not to pursue charges   
   against a 58-year-old MTA bus driver involved in a violent altercation   
   aboard a Brooklyn bus on Friday, officials confirmed Sunday.   
      
   Police initially arrested Ian Bascombe on charges of assault and weapon   
   possession after they said he stabbed 33-year-old Quentin Branch in the   
   head and leg during the incident. Branch was taken to the hospital in   
   stable condition but also faced charges of assault and harassment.   
      
   Oren Yaniv, a spokesperson for the Brooklyn DA's office, confirmed on   
   Sunday that Bascombe's case would not be prosecuted.   
      
   Transit Workers Union representative JP Patafio said video evidence from   
   the scene showed the bus driver acted in self-defense. Patafio said Branch   
   harassed and spat on him before escalating the confrontation.   
      
   “This guy was just harassing and haranguing the operator and spitting in   
   the operator's face,” he said in an interview on Sunday. “When the   
   operator got up, he started punching him and really going after him hard   
   and the operator defended himself.”   
      
   Patafio called for stronger protections for bus drivers, including   
   partitions on buses, de-escalation training and a public campaign to   
   encourage respect for the workers.   
      
   In a statement, Frank Annicaro, senior vice president of the New York City   
   Transit Department of Buses and MTA Bus Company, said Bascombe had been   
   suspended from service pending an internal review.   
      
   “Violence on buses puts New Yorkers at risk and is not acceptable,”   
   Annicaro said.   
      
   An attorney for Branch could not be reached for comment.   
      
      
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