School bus driver charged with child abuse for intentionally slamming on brakes.

A school bus driver in Colorado, Brian Fitzgerald, has been fired and faces 30 misdemeanor charges of child abuse after intentionally slamming on the brakes to teach children a lesson for not sitting still. The incident, which occurred on March 1, left some children injured and shaken. Fitzgerald blamed the children for being "unruly" and failing to sit down, but an internal investigation found that he had intentionally brake-checked the students. Fitzgerald faces up to a year in jail if convicted.