Kids Make The Bus Monitor Cry. Karen Huff Klein Bullying Video: Upsetting Footage Causes Community Outrage (VIDEO) (UPDATE)
Karen Huff Klein, a bus monitor for the Greece School District in Greece, N.Y., is receiving an outpouring of support after a ten-minute video of her enduring vicious bullying while watching over students on a bus ride home was uploaded to YouTube.
WARNING: The above video contains explicit language and may be upsetting.
After the footage surfaced, Reddit user razorsheldon posted a call to arms in support of the school official who was brought to tears by the group of children.
From Reddit:
Now, as awful as this was, there was a silver lining in not only the universal condemnation of the actions of these kids, but also in a call for support for this poor woman. Her name is Karen Klein, and if you are so compelled, please feel free to reach out to offer support. She has been a widow for 17 years, has lived in the same town she grew up in and is about to have her 50th high school reunion in the same school district, and deserves so much better than the actions shown by those in this video. Let's show her that there are still good people out there...
In the disturbing video, the children can be heard yelling at Klein, calling her an "ugly fat ass" and telling the widow, "you don't have a family because they all killed themselves because they don't want to be near you."
Now, under pressure from the local community, the Greece School District and Greece Police Department are launching investigations into the incident, telling WHEC-TV that the children involved will "face disciplinary action."
The Reddit call to arms has generated many comments showing support, including one that summarized a local radio show's admiration at Klein's lack of response. Thecall to arms also included an email address
in case users wanted to reach out to Klein.WARNING: The above video contains explicit language and may be upsetting.After the footage surfaced, Reddit user razorsheldon posted a call to arms in support of the school official who was brought to tears by the group of children.
From Reddit:
What's even more stupid is the fact that neither the bus driver nor her were endowed with the authority to do little more than sit there and take this.
However, what really has my blood boiling is the fact that the outrage over this has spread to the children's family and their personal information is now public and it's generating a surreal amount of hate towards them. Yet, no one seems to take real notice of this fact aside from a small note about it.
When will people learn that two wrongs don't make a right, and bullying in the name of justice is still bullying.