Video of bus monitor Karen Klein being bullied goes viral, raises thousands of dollars

[Douglas Carpenter]

11. I think that has gone on for a long time.

I must say though that I can definitely remember children in the same age group taunting other children in the same age group and it was well known by the teachers, parents and school authorities without the slightest effort to intervene - and that was in the 60's in rural western PA. The only thing that seems a bit colder is that this abuse was directed against a 68 year-old women and this time people are shocked and there fortunately was an intervention albeit after the fact.