Flagler County, Florida
On the morning of September 19, 2012, 35-year-old
Felecia Phillips decided that she was going to deal with a child that her 17-year-old son had gotten into a fight with the day before. Unlike most parents, however, Felecia did not simply make a call to her son's principal or show up at the school demanding a meeting; she decided it was best to go the "1970's television cop show" route and
aggressively gather information herself.
At 7:00 AM, Felecia arrived at her son's bus stop and demanded answers from a friend of the student that had allegedly attacked her son. After a less than congenial exchange between the two, she
shoved the student in the face.
At this point, it's a little hard for me to honestly gauge how the 17-year-old version of myself would have reacted. On one hand, I have a pretty strongly ingrained/instinctive code never to hit a woman (especially a mom that is older than me). Other the other hand...."shoved in the face."
Whatever the case, the boy who was shoved had no qualms about
slamming his attacker into the ground before getting on the bus to head off for a day of learning and awkward social interaction. Felecia, however, was undeterred. She boarded the school bus and...well, just watch for yourself.
After the other students on the bus went full 'Lord of the Flies' on her, the bus driver reminded Felecia that she was also on school property and
currently trespassing. She got off the bus, went home, and was
arrested a few hours later.
Felecia Phillips was
charged with child abuse and trespassing. She was
booked into the Flagler County Jail on $2,500 bond.
While her son was sentenced to hearing
"I heard that your mom's crazy" for the rest of high school.
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