Brown v. Eppler’s Empirical Analysis

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1. “The dispute at issue began on or about April 5, 2007. On that day, plaintiff was walking toward an MTTA bus stop with the intent to ride a bus, and saw a bus approaching. Brown had not yet reached the stop but, in an attempt to make the bus wait for him, held up a bus transfer pass. The bus did not stop, and Brown waited for it to return. When it did, Brown boarded, and asked the driver, Jane Doe, why she had not stopped for him when she passed him. Brown says that he told her that other drivers stop for people in that situation, and she responded that she was not like other drivers. Brown claims that he then sat down in the back of the bus and that, without further provocation from him, the driver continued to harass him. He claims that she called her supervisor, Janet Doe, over the bus’s radio, and informed her that she was having a problem with a passenger. Janet Doe allegedly then told Brown to “sit down” and “shut up,” or she would have him removed from the bus. Brown claims that he did not say anything more to Jane Doe, but that she continued to speak to him. She stopped the bus soon thereafter and told him that if he didn’t get off the bus, she would call the police. Brown left the bus, but called the bus driver a “nappy-haired whore” as he exited. He claims that when he tried to board another bus that afternoon, the driver would not admit him as a passenger. Eppler attests that he was notified of plaintiffs conduct on April 5, 2007, and that plaintiff was intoxicated ”

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