Scenes of jubilation in Manhattan following the New York Knicks' long-awaited NBA Championship descended into vandalism, violence and widespread property damage. A New York City school bus driver desperately attempted to protect his vehicle from a disorderly crowd of revellers celebrating the New York Knicks' historic NBA Championship victory.
A video circulating online shows a crowd surrounding and relentlessly destroying a school bus near Times Square in the early hours following the Knicks' title-clinching win over the San Antonio Spurs. The driver's plea — 'It's coming out of my paycheck — captured the collision of sporting triumph and civic unrest.
