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The outraged parents of an eight year-old girl with autism plan to sue her school district after a 64 year-old bus driver was filmed abusing her.

Kim Klopson was fired and charged with child abuse over the incident, which began when the little girl blocked another child getting off the bus by putting her leg in the aisle.

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Klopson snapped: ‘And if you stick your feet out again to keep her from moving, you are going to be on the window. Got it?’

Shortly after, she accuses the child, who has not been identified, of ‘always misbehaving’ and prevents her from getting off the bus after arriving at Browns Valley Elementary School in Vacaville, CA.




A teacher’s aide then comes to find Klopson taunting the girl as she cries hysterically, accusing her of being more immature than her two year-old sister.

Kim Klopson was fired following the February incident, and charged with child abuse. She has denied that – despite claims from her alleged victim’s lawyer that her behavior was ‘absolutely bone-chilling’ (Picture: AP)

The aide, leaves, Klopson closes the bus door and spends four minutes yanking the girl up and down by the lapels of her coat, ripping it off.

She eventually drags the girl off the bus, with the family’s attorney Micha Star Liberty calling the incident, which happened in February, ‘absolutely bone-chilling.’

She told KOVR: ‘What you’re seeing is horrific mistreatment and abuse by an adult bus driver.’

A school district spokesman insisted that they had followed the correct procedure, saying: ‘Every bus driver has an annual evaluation that includes a ride along with a supervisor. Klopson had hundreds of hours of professional development training… including special education training.’

And Klopson herself condemned the parents’ decision to release the video, saying ‘They’ll make a great big deal about that.’

She has denied the charge against her.