Thomas Bruso, taser victim and bus hero, was interviewed by San Francisco’s finest news organization, KRON. Some selected excerpts:
- The fight started when Bruso talked about getting a “boy” or a “brother” to shine his shoes. He claims the comment was not racist in nature - “For all you know, it’s a Chinaman gonna shine my shoes,” he explains.
- Bruso goes almost two minutes without dropping an n-bomb. To be fair, he is quoting another bus passenger, not making his own racial slur.
- The victim was knocked out for what Bruso says was “Twenty-two and a half minutes.”
- Bruso carries a shank, but only because he’s “a senior citizen! I’m entitled to carry a weapon.” He also confesses to murdering someone with a pistol, adding, “but I never got caught for that.”
- Bruso on sentencing laws: ”If he killed one time he should be locked up for 150 years!”
- The interviewer has a lot of trouble keeping Bruso from swearing.
- Not surprisingly, Bruso has spent time in prison himself. He admits to selling drugs, and somewhat questionably claims to have been involved in “pimping.”
- Key quote: “I was happy to ride in the front seat of a squad car instead of the back.”
- Also: “Don’t fuck with old senior citizens. They’ll surprise you every once in a while.”
(Thanks to Hot Wings And Beer)
