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.
The call to arms also included an email address in case users wanted to reach out to Klein.

first- these kids are assholes. second, she sat thier and took it bc if she tried to stop them she would be in trouble-'not MY snowflake!' third- these kids should be expelled. no one should treat another human like that.

 

if my kids ever....id kill em!

@beam - The Huffington post *update* is from Ben Doernberg's storify account. http://storify.com/bendoernberg/karen-klein-s-internet-army

@beam - after Laura Hibbards article, directly under the video, it says "UPDATES:" In the next line, you will see "Storify by Ben Doernberg".

You've been heard. I'm walking away.

I would kick my kid's ass!!!  And the school wouldn't need to ban my kids from activities because *I* would.  My kid would have a bed in their room and that would be all!

That is completely unacceptable and those kids are old enough to know better.  And I agree with you ladies, if this was on my bus as a kid it would have been pulled over and the bus driver would've been pissed!

My kids would be doing chores and whatever they could for that poor woman for the next 6 months, grounded for the school year, and an ass whipping on top of apologizing to her in front of the entire school, if not the nation at this point. The blatant lack of respect for anything in a lot of kids these days is disgusting.

I saw this this morning and it has disturbed me all day long :(

I couldn't get that out of my mind yesterday. Watched the 7 minute video...sick when I realized it had been going on before it was filmed & was continuing after the kid stopped. And there are 3 films, just that we know of? And the kid who posted them was involved in this. He thought it was so freaking funny he should film her torture & share it with their friends??

I don't know what you could show me as a parent that would illustrate my failure as one more than this. An woman, a senior citizen, a widow, being ripped apart by teenage boys. That fact that the one kid kept touching her!! The nerve! Mocking that she was poor?! Telling her that her family hated her? Something about wanting to kill themselves because of her? Did they know her son committed suicide??

Then you watch this woman. And hear her comment that she'll be glad when this school year is over. Omg. That was the understatement of the year. How many hours has she endured this?
She never loses it on them. She maintains composure.
And they mock her purse. And the sayings on it. She tells them they're reminders to herself.
"live with dignity".
I think she's accomplished that one...

So, I'm disgusted & appalled by these what? 5 or 6 kids, & the other kids not stopping this.
Literally feeling nauseous that this is what we've come to.

Then I check out the links. The marines who sent her the video of support. The person who decided to start a vacation fund for her. The national news showing this story as an example of terrible behavior. The kids' family, neighbors, friends, everyone seeing this. Uncensored. Like a flashlight on a roach. Thousands of people sending her money, telling her they're sorry she's had to deal with this. And once again, the power of love & support wins. This lady knows in a big way that we all care. More than most people will ever get. Literally, the world is rallying around her.
Too cool. =D>

@Rosie08, I know you're right. I think there should be zero tolerance for abuse of school employees. They do a pretty thankless job and don't get paid much if at all for what they do.

What i was glad to hear was a few canadian and american folks have gotten together and have offered her money so that she can retire.. That is what i like about this story.. What i hate is that could have been any of our kids on that bus and what position would that leave us in. We would all be apologizing but our kids would be too.. Those kids are douche canoes..