Attorneys for two of the nine Robert Poole Middle School students accused of brutally beating a woman on a city bus went on the offensive Tuesday ? accusing the victim of provoking the attack and the police of arresting the wrong teens.
“It is sensational and headline-grabbing to state that a woman innocently walked onto a Baltimore City bus and was viciously attacked simply because she was white. Those sensational headlines simply are not true,” said Jay Ortis, attorney for a 14-year-old boy charged with attacking Sarah Kreager, 26, and Troy Ennis, 30, on Dec. 4. “Investigation has revealed that it may have been Ms. Kreager who initiated this altercation and it may have been Mr. Ennis who used racially charged language directed at these children.”
