‘Kind of Numb’: Abused Bus Monitor Reacts to Vicious Viral Video
- Posted on June 20, 2012 at 8:36pm by
Mytheos Holt
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You’ve all seen the horrific video of a bus monitor breaking down in tears as a pack of feral middle schoolers attack her verbally and physically. Now, understandably, that same monitor is calling for those students to face consequences for their cruelty. News 13 WHAM reports:
Karen Klein says she heard students on the school bus call her fat but she tried to ignore it.
She didn’t realize how bad the taunting was until she watched the YouTube video that has sparked outrage.[...]
“I tried to ignore it…I didn’t hear some stuff and tried to shut them out,” Klein said.
Karen Klein
She was horrified and hurt and she wishes she would have done more to stop the students, but felt helpless.
Klein did tell the bus driver and co-workers about the incident but she didn’t think much would come of it.[...]
She believes the students should be punished.
“I don’t know if they can be charged,” Klein said.
Greece Police have interviewed four of the students, but none have been charged yet.
DemocratAndChronicle.com has more:
Thoroughly understandable reaction, and her question about charges is one that many people would probably like an answer to.
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Comments (142)
blazingaway
Posted on June 20, 2012 at 9:33pmThese ass wipe, punk ass kids need a good tasering to put them in their places an shock some sense into them. Line them up and let this lady push the bottom if they don’t beg for mercy and forgiveness. Teach them some humility in life … That s what they are lacking and physical punishment will break the of their arrogance
Report Post »The-Monk
Posted on June 20, 2012 at 10:14pmAll these Children will end up with is progressive participation trophies with an : ( on it.
Report Post »rickc34
Posted on June 20, 2012 at 11:00pmKick their butts off the bus and make their parents drive them to school…I think spending extra time with their kids is just what these parents need.
Report Post »abbygirl1994
Posted on June 20, 2012 at 11:42pmTheir parents didn’t teach them one thing about respecting their elders!! Chuldren treat others by watching how their parents treat others.. So either these kids are bullied by Mom and Dad.. or they see their parents bullying others. In anycase these kids unless they get help need serious counseling, along with the parents!
Report Post »Kenszen
Posted on June 21, 2012 at 4:13am@Rick Excellent suggestion!
Report Post »angusrock2603
Posted on June 21, 2012 at 5:53amUnfortunately, nothing of major concern will happen. They will get a slap on the wrist and told not to do it again. That’s the way it is today. These kids no that they can get away with murder. All they have to do is lie cheat and steal their way out of anything. Class warfare baby. It’s the hip thing to do. Thank you mister Obama…this is what your supposed leadership has given us!
Report Post »Obama_Sham
Posted on June 21, 2012 at 7:12amRickC34… What these parents need is their a$$e$ kicked for not taking the responsibility for the life they brought in to this world… You think that if they spend more time with their kids, then it will get better… I say, the root of the problem is with the parents… Go to the source and correct it…
Report Post »bbg1123
Posted on June 21, 2012 at 8:05amThey’re alrady in line for scholarships to Georgetown … or some other progressive school that promotes that kind of behavior. It amazes me … How little parenting is being done these days
Report Post »Want our country back
Posted on June 21, 2012 at 8:21amThere needs to be a program, much like a military training, that will teach them self respect, and discipline. Alone, none of these kids would behave like this. Ann Coulter has written a book about ‘pack’ or ‘mob’ mentality and this is a good example of it. Didn’t watch the video because the live feed kept playing thru it but will try later or maybe no…. God Bless all those people who have donated on-line. American’s are the best.
Report Post »bdsconserv
Posted on June 21, 2012 at 2:31pmwho taped the original tape? a student? was it on a cell phone? if so, was that student part of the bullying?also, were the bullies aware they were being taped? they are clearly all low life brats.
Report Post »Sarge-21
Posted on June 21, 2012 at 10:29pmIn my day… if we got out of line – there would be extra instruction… usually assisting the janitors or cleaning the busses… Several things that I could think of… we could go “Asian” and break out the canes and perform corporal punishment in front of the whole school… A good caning on the feet and butts would be something those little vile turds would not soon forget…!!!
Report Post »StayAtHomeDad
Posted on June 20, 2012 at 9:25pmNot to say that this was her fault but she should have stood up for herself verbally. She could have shut those punks up without breaking the rules. She got her $30,000 from an Internet fundraising site, end of story.
More to the point, WHY in the hell has this story been the major headline on The Blaze all day long? There is a constitional crisis going on, the attorney general was held in contempt only hours ago, the POTUS has himself smack dab in the middle of it, and THIS worthless story is the top headline?
More and more, I want to cancel my years long membership to Glenn Beck. The Blaze is failing on so many levels: constant typos, poor quality of stories, worthless news, etc. I find more and more of the stories that matter on Yahoo News and others like it.
Report Post »blazingaway
Posted on June 20, 2012 at 9:34pmWhy isn’t the liberal, drive by medi covering the Eric holder story …
Report Post »v15
Posted on June 20, 2012 at 9:46pmI’ll take punctuation and grammatical errors over eloquently spoken propaganda any day. The Blaze is doing a pretty damn good job and, after being on insider extreme for a couple of years, the money I pay is well worth the service they provide.
Report Post »Michael
Posted on June 20, 2012 at 10:01pmSame feelings here about the blaze. I read it, but I went back to Drudge for my main news. Glenn is getting distracted by restoring love right now, hopefully he will see the turd sandwich the blaze is turning into and fix it once that is over. So much out there to cover yet we see poor reporting on stories that are fluff. I would expect to see this on my evening news, with our third rate reporters in Montana but not here.
Report Post »JayCee
Posted on June 20, 2012 at 10:09pmYou are doing your part to make it a top story by clicking on it and commenting, so………….
Buh by!
Report Post »InWithForGod
Posted on June 20, 2012 at 10:12pmBeck and The Blaze are showing the world, in as many aspects of society as is possible, the direction in which it is headed. I, for one, am grateful for their efforts. Maybe, if we don’t blind ourselves to these things and if we see them happening in our own neck of the woods, we will become educated as to their causes and solutions and be motivated to do something about them. Sure, there are seemingly more important problems in the world today, but unless we learn to handle properly these seemingly smaller issues that in reality are more than likely the root causes of those bigger problems, we, as a country are doomed to failure to its fullest extent. It is difficult to deal with the adults of our society because their ways are set, but if we can change and educate the youth of our society for the better, maybe the next generation will be able to dig us out of the hole this generation has seemingly dug for itself. Let us set our minds to that task. Otherwise, we are lost as a nation. If you have a problem with that, then, go ahead, stick your head in that hole. Hope you don’t mind what the rest of the world does to your butt while you are there, ignoring the roots of our problems. Do you see yourself identifying with Karen Klein now? I wonder.
Report Post »Tractorboy
Posted on June 20, 2012 at 10:12pmStayathomedad, Friend, I think these stories are filler to give you the flavor of just how broken our society has become, if I wanted to have smoke blown up my back side I’d get my news elsewhere, for a brake-out news site I give this site 2 thumbs up. By the way congrates to you if your a stay at home dad, if more were like you maybe there wouldn’t be stories like this.
Report Post »Texasboyscout
Posted on June 20, 2012 at 10:47pmHolder has NOT be held in contempt YET. Only a committee recommendation to send the contempt charge to the full house.
Report Post »StayAtHomeDad
Posted on June 20, 2012 at 11:10pmI am a stay at home dad of a five year old beauty and a four month old little cowboy, but only by disability since birth that eventually led to my career ending in my mid-20s.. Otherwise I’d be out there bustng my butt in the work force. Forty hour weeks pale in comparison to my life now. It’s not easy staying at home raising children and for that I tip my hat to all of the stay at home parents out there.
As for The Blaze, they just haven’t earned their respect as “media” IMO. Their reporting, while honorable, is juvenile at best. They have some superstars on staff, Will and Buck for example, but when stories like this or constant coverage of S.E. Cupp dominate the front page, there’s a problem. I too was an Insider Extrem member for years.
Report Post »dontbotherme
Posted on June 21, 2012 at 12:18amStayathome: You‘ve been a member of ’The Blaze’ since 5-22-12. Since it, & we, are so beneath you, why don’t you go elsewhere or please get off your high-horse & relax.
Report Post »Kenszen
Posted on June 21, 2012 at 4:18amNot sure how much Beck does day-to-day editing on The Blaze. Seems he would be too busy and relegate that to editors.
At any rate, I have no problem with this being the “top” story for the day. When hundreds of thousands of people get indignant over punks like this, then action will hopefully follow. If no one in the world cares for this unfortunate lady, there are school districts that would do nothing to follow up. Maybe with this exposure, they will be pressured to do something. To me–helping an individual who has been victimized–is a worthy cause.
Report Post »DREDGE
Posted on June 21, 2012 at 6:25amOf course this is a news story as it defines the direction of our stupid liberal attitudes.
Report Post »Holder news story is everywhere 24 hours a day. How much more can you add to it.
It a result of the Premier Obama regime full of trash and the installation of his friends.
Thank God when he is dumped!!
loriann12
Posted on June 21, 2012 at 6:39amIf she whoudl have said or done anything to those kids, it would have been her fault. You can’t confront kids these days without them lying with sweet innocent faces and denying everything. And if they’re a minority, then you’re just racist.
Report Post »allyn211
Posted on June 21, 2012 at 7:27am“She should have stood up for herself verbally.” What was she supposed to say? ANYTHING she would have said would have made matters worse!
I’m a veteran of bad behavior on a school bus–I was abused verbally and the only way I could finally deal with it was to stop riding the bus.
Report Post »jkdblaze
Posted on June 21, 2012 at 8:33amThis is wrong on so many levels. They are punks that pick on the old and weak. Are they bullying in school?They have absolutely no respect for adults. God help us.
Report Post »SocialistSlayer
Posted on June 21, 2012 at 8:42amGo ahead Stay at Home Dad – I’m sure Move On.org will welcome you to the dark side with open arms! Of course you will have to live with the fact that you have sold yours children’s futures for your own selfishness! Maybe you should stop watching the daytime trash on TV!
Report Post »pearlofaguitar
Posted on June 21, 2012 at 1:55pmShe DID stand up for her self but those kids just kept on her relentlessly! And if this you think its not important that these kids can get by with this crap you are so deluded!
Report Post »Charbet
Posted on June 20, 2012 at 9:23pmWhat type of despicable environment do these cretins come from? I worked with mental patients at the state hospital who had more manners and civility than they do. And one more thought, why did the bus driver not stop the bus and help this woman? Disgusting, all the way around.
Report Post »inferno
Posted on June 20, 2012 at 9:13pmModern day Pinatas for the left. Christians and over weight people. Both are PC targets, and the left is outraged about “bullying”. What the h–l, they invented it !!!!!!
Report Post »v15
Posted on June 20, 2012 at 9:10pmWatching the video again makes me almost want to become pro-choice, pro “one child” policy, pro destroying all the rainforests, being fiscally irresponsible, and indifferent to how taxed this generation of kids will be when they are adults. Basically, leave them a slave to a country with no future.
Report Post »3monkeysmomma
Posted on June 20, 2012 at 10:08pmHey, all kids aren’t like that!
My boys aren’t perfect but they know better than to EVER behave that way….and yes I would spank them (a lot) if I ever found out they were behaving like that…and, heck yeah, they know it.
Some of us are still trying to raise the next generation of decent Christian men. Don’t give up on us.
Report Post »ChiefGeorge
Posted on June 20, 2012 at 9:07pmGod knows if this woman had said those same exact words to these students she would be in fact up on charges. This is the socalled tolerant generation we’ve raised! Mothers of America….I am disgusted on what you have birthed and raised. These kids are in fact Ugly Americans.
Report Post »brickmoon
Posted on June 20, 2012 at 9:06pmPunishment? What for? It’s not like they did anything vile and reprehensible — like interrupt the President while he was announcing an executive order of questionable legality.
Report Post »65Mustang
Posted on June 20, 2012 at 10:34pmBRICKMOON, good to know that you have shown your ignorance. The behavior of the students(?) is reprehensible as you damn well know and probably approve of such. Regarding Neil Munro asking Obama a question…the bastard didn’t answer it did he, nor could he…your hero
Report Post »Dano.50
Posted on June 20, 2012 at 11:23pmMustang,
Pretty sure Brickmoon was heavy into the acid sarcasm with his comment.
Report Post »Kenszen
Posted on June 21, 2012 at 4:20amUhm, yeah, 65Brickmoon–he was being way sarcastic, there buddy.
Report Post »Kenszen
Posted on June 21, 2012 at 4:20am*MUSTANG not Brickmoon
Report Post »brickmoon
Posted on June 21, 2012 at 5:18amYep, 65Mustang, sorry, my /sarc tag key is often broken from too much use. You haven’t seen some of my videos, I’m sure.
Report Post »ShyLow
Posted on June 20, 2012 at 9:05pmShow this video to your children and let them no you mean business if they ever act like that…This “children of the corn” stuff will stop. I am the Last High Priest
Report Post »JACKTHETOAD
Posted on June 21, 2012 at 5:10amAwesomely put!
Report Post »Gamaliel
Posted on June 20, 2012 at 9:00pmHey folks! Where’s the surprise here?. The majority of American parents turn their children over to mainstream culture: social media, video games, MTV, all sorts of vile music and videos, public schools, let others raise their children from infancy. What in the hell do you expect?
The mainstream is all aimed at destroying our youth. WAKE UP & GROW UP!!!!
Report Post »ChiefGeorge
Posted on June 20, 2012 at 9:09pmI never allowed myself or my kids to buy into the thinking of our times. I raised my kids the old fashioned way with Mom at home…we’ve done well for ourselves despite what society says will happen. You comments are spot on!
Report Post »bjornskis
Posted on June 20, 2012 at 8:57pmhey little tough kids try that with R. Lee Ermey Gunny
My Grandmother would have slapped them silly
now if this kind lady would have said the same things back to those little thugs
Report Post »there would have been hell to pay and she would be on charges and fired
P C BE DAMNED
Posted on June 20, 2012 at 9:09pmThese young people have perpetrated a most cruel crime on a senior citizen. They threatened this dear woman with bodily harm and even physically taunted her. Yes watch the video, she was physically assaulted multiple times. I believe their treatment was in human and ugly. I also believe with more time and situation they would eventually have assaulted this lady and perhaps since they are so nasty and aggressive even taken her life. These young trash need to be marked for life with a record.
Report Post »Misha
Posted on June 20, 2012 at 8:57pmI won’t watch the vid – I would lose it and just don’t want to go there. I don‘t get what’s the “monitor’s” role in the first place? If it’s to stop bad behavior, an elderly woman is a really bad choice – she should have not been placed in this job. As for the punks abusing her – tar and feather them and drag them through the streets.
Report Post »Bluebonnet
Posted on June 20, 2012 at 9:27pmIt was just as well. Even when we know we can’t lay a finger on any child for any reason, I found myself wanting to slap the wad out of those hateful, untrained, probably unloved kids.
Report Post »They must treat their own family the same way at home. Get those kids in church so they can learn what life is all about with the love of Jesus in their hearts. It works.
v15
Posted on June 20, 2012 at 9:38pmIf this is how kids act these days, then I say watch the video so you’ll be aware of the rising generation and how lost they are. It’s one of those “I’ve lost all faith in humanity“ videos akin to watching movies such as ”kids,“ ”requiem for a dream,“ ”a clockwork orange,“ and ”deadgirl.”
Report Post »beavlp
Posted on June 20, 2012 at 8:56pmThe parents need to go to boot camp and learn how to raise their kids!
Report Post »Archtard
Posted on June 20, 2012 at 8:55pmThe parents should be ashamed of themselves. It should be possible to charge parents for the crimes of their children.
Report Post »XaviorOnassis
Posted on June 20, 2012 at 8:53pmIn my district, I might add, EVERY ONE of the students identified would be suspended immediately in the very least.
Report Post »BIgWheeler
Posted on June 20, 2012 at 8:53pmThe most obvious punishment would be to make the students walk or get a ride from their parents instead of riding the bus. If the parents complain; tell them to teach their kids how to respect their elders.
Report Post »Sparhawk
Posted on June 20, 2012 at 9:06pmPerfect. Make the punishment fit the crime, and if it inconveniences the parents, all the better, so they are realize what their kid is doing at school.
Report Post »XaviorOnassis
Posted on June 20, 2012 at 8:52pmBack when I used to homeschool my kids, hte #1 criticism I used to get from other parents: “But there is no socialization!” as if being homeschooled means you live in a box and never leave to interact with other people.
Seeing things like this makes me wish I could STILL homeschool my kids. You can’t protect them from everything, but you can sure as $#!+ make sure you instill the values and teach them to live by a code of honor regardless of what other kids do and thus prepare them for the real world (which, surprisingly, is not at all like the Lord of the Flies version of reality that exists for these kids every day).
Report Post »txannie
Posted on June 20, 2012 at 11:51pmThis is exactly why I homeschooled my children and am now homeschooling my grandchildren, ranging in age from 1 yr to 13 yrs. We can take them anywhere and people comment on the polite manner in which the children conduct themselves. Respect for others starts being taught very young and children mimic what they see and hear. It started with the parents allowing it at home and it got worse when there was no consequences for thier repugnant actions. With our society it will not be getting better any time soon.
Report Post »skippy6
Posted on June 20, 2012 at 8:51pmThis is what happens to these little b@@tards that have no respect for adults… They’ve never had their babied little arsses handed to them or dad had been missing from the picture.. They know that they can get away with acting like little turds and nothing will happen to them!!!Does anyone remember the day that if you talked back to an adult you would pay for it one way or another???It was not that long ago….
Report Post »madisonsquare
Posted on June 20, 2012 at 8:49pmCharged with what? Being sassy? These kids need something though. Hard labor would be nice. Doesn’t the school need some cleaning? I also agree that getting kicked off that bus for good and having to walk a mile or two to school would build some character in these brats.
Report Post »Kinnison
Posted on June 20, 2012 at 9:32pmWatch the video; listen to the dialogue. The kids involved can be charged with both verbal assault and physical assault since they touched her person. Since several of them threatened Ms. Klein with physical harm with a knife and vandalism to her home aggravated assault is also a possibility. Punishing acts like this is why we have a juvenile justice system. At a minimum they should be given public service by the local legal system, if not detention time.
Report Post »highndry
Posted on June 20, 2012 at 8:48pmI think of that being my mom on that bus and my head explodes. Let’s take a poll…how many of those kids have 2 parents? How many are given “gifts” instead of family time. To you kid’s–Read the McDonald’s menu well, that‘s the only job you’ll ever have without respect for others.
Report Post »MommaGrizzly
Posted on June 20, 2012 at 8:47pmWhat are parents in this country doing that their kids can treat ANYONE this way? If my girls treated anyone HALF as bad as this woman was treated they would be in HUGE trouble. However, the way we have raised them I know they would never do this – I teach them to treat others with compassion and kindness.
What kind of people are we raising???
Report Post »junior1971
Posted on June 20, 2012 at 8:46pmWhere is my belt!!!!!
Report Post »TomFerrari
Posted on June 20, 2012 at 8:46pmNo-one should have to put up with that sort of behavior. The “hands off” policy in the schools has eliminated any sense of order or discipline.
Proverbs 22:6
Report Post »“Raise up a child in the way he should go, and when he is old, he will not depart from it.”
Sarge-21
Posted on June 21, 2012 at 10:33pmThe “hand off” policy is because of parents not wanting the school personnel touching their “little angels”… Unfortunately, with the Leftist fools who are running the school systems across the nation these days… I’m conflicted on allowing “the state” to punish my little brats…
Seems there should be some form of joint punishment where the parents attend the public punishment – as their used to be in the days of sail perhaps…?
Report Post »lukerw
Posted on June 20, 2012 at 8:43pmThe Liberals… have ruined… generations of Children… with No Responsiblity, No Punishment, and Trophies for everyone!
Report Post »22
Posted on June 20, 2012 at 8:43pmThis is the perfect case of public lashing or caning. Since the new age parent is against whipping their kids, maybe Obummer could sign an executive order to take over that duty.
Report Post »v15
Posted on June 20, 2012 at 9:22pmUnfortunately, if you spank a kid you will be going to jail. Here’s the thing about capital punishment of any kind: To be effective it has to be so severe that no kid would dare mess up twice. It would need to be a spanking/beating that would leave a massive mental fingerprint just like touching a hot stove would. It would have to stick in their minds throughout childhood and into adulthood; however, I don’t think any beating could have the desired effect (tame, not feral, kids). I don’t have kids, so I don’t know how I would punish them, but whatever the punishment is, it needs to be effective to reform these future felons. I’m not saying physically harm the kids, just make an example out of them.
Report Post »godhatesacoward
Posted on June 20, 2012 at 8:41pm2wk military like “Boot Camp” or “Scared Straight”! Love that show.
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