John Washington III Asks Whether School Bus Enforcement Protects Children — or Traps Drivers for Revenue

John Washington III is demanding answers about how school bus stop-arm laws are being enforced, raising what he called serious concerns about reports and allegations that old, inactive school buses — buses he said are allegedly no longer used to transport children — are being operated in ways that result in traffic citations for drivers who pass them. 'School bus laws were created to protect our children, NOT to create another revenue stream for city and state governments,' he wrote in the statement, which he headed 'School Bus Safety or Government Entrapment? The People Deserve Answers!'

He drew the line in the same statement. 'I fully support protecting our children,' he wrote. 'Any driver who illegally passes a school bus and endangers children should be held accountable.' But, he added, 'there is a difference between protecting children and deliberately setting people up to receive traffic tickets.' If city governments and police departments are deliberately approving such tactics simply to collect more money from hardworking Americans, he wrote, 'THAT IS A SERIOUS ABUSE OF GOVERNMENT AUTHORITY.'

John Washington III said the question the public deserves answered is one of authorization and lawfulness: 'If an inactive school bus is being used primarily to generate citations rather than protect children, the public deserves to know who authorized it, why it was authorized, and whether those citations were lawful.' He closed the accountability point without exceptions: 'No city government, police department, or state official should be above accountability,' and, in his words, 'THE GOVERNMENT WORKS FOR THE PEOPLE. THE PEOPLE DO NOT EXIST TO FUND THE GOVERNMENT THROUGH DECEPTIVE ENFORCEMENT PRACTICES!'

As a candidate for president in 2028, he said what his administration would do with the allegations. 'UNDER MY ADMINISTRATION, WE WILL NOT IGNORE THESE ALLEGATIONS,' he wrote, saying that as President of the United States he would push for federal investigations, where legally authorized, into cities, states and law enforcement agencies accused of deliberately manufacturing traffic violations for financial gain, and would pursue accountability through every lawful avenue available, including federal civil rights enforcement where violations of federal law are established. He said he believes stronger safeguards are needed — the point his statement was building to as it closed.