Jonathan Truong v. Ahmad Hassan

SHEPHERD, Circuit Judge.

Bus driver Ahmad Aladin Hassan kicked passenger Jonathan Alexander Truong off of a Minneapolis/St. Paul area Metro Transit bus for failing to pay the bus fare. When Truong responded by jumping in front of the bus and onto the bus’s front bumper, Hassan allowed several unruly passengers to exit the bus and physically remove Truong. Hassan also accelerated and braked multiple times in an attempt to knock Truong off of the bus or to scare him away from the front the bus. As a result of these incidents, Truong suffered a bruised thigh, a bruised cheek, and scrapes on both…