Video shows mom cursing, threatening students on Johnston school bus
RUSSIA DEPLOYING A VACUUM BOMB
TO INVADE UKRAINE AND EXPERT
SHARES. WHY USING IT WOULD BE
A WAR CRIME? THEN WRAL WAS THE
ONLY LOCAL STATION TO INTERVIEW
VICE PRESIDENT HARRIS IN DURHAM
TODAY. WHAT SHE HAD TO SAY
ABOUT FORT BRAGG SOLDIERS
HELPING IN EASTERN EUROPE, A
LOCAL WOMAN RECEIVED A BILL
FOR A HOME. SHE SOLD MORE THAN
A DECADE AGO. HOW 5 ON YOUR
SIDE HEALTH OR GET OUT OF THE
CHARGE?
>> WELL, AGAIN, IS A CONCERN
FOR MANY PARENTS. NOW, SOME ARE
ALSO CONCERNED ABOUT THE WAY
THIS MOTHER HANDLED HER
FRUSTRATION.
THE VIDEO SHOWS A JOHNSTON
COUNTY MOTHER BOARDING A BUS
AND SCREAMING AT STUDENTS EVEN
THREATENING TO KILL THEM FOR
BULLYING HER DAUGHTER. SHE IS
NOW FACING CRIMINAL CHARGES.
WRAL'S AMANDA LAMB JOINS US
LIVE AT THE SPEAKING WITH ONE
OF THE PARENTS OF ANOTHER
STUDENT ON THAT BUS AND SHE
SAYS HER DAUGHTER IS JUST NOW
RETURNING TO THE CLASSROOM DAYS
AFTER THIS HAPPENED.
>> GERALD, SHE WAS TERRIFIED
BY THIS INCIDENT THAT HAPPENED
ON THE BUS AT THIS STOP.
BUT 65 HERE IN JOHNSTON COUNTY,
NEXT. SHE SAYS SHE DIDN'T EVEN
TALK TO THE CHILD IN QUESTION.
SHE CERTAINLY DIDN'T BULLY HER.
SHE WASN'T AWARE THAT THIS
CHILD WAS BULLIED AND AGAIN,
SHE WAS SO SCARED THAT SHE DID
NOT RETURN TO SCHOOL UNTIL
TODAY.
>> AN UNEXPECTED VISIT FROM A
PARENT ON JOHNSTON COUNTY
SCHOOL BUS 65 LAST THURSDAY
TOOK EVERYONE BY SURPRISE,
INCLUDING THE DRIVER WHO
REPEATEDLY ASKED HER TO LEAVE.
WHAT YOU SAY WHEN THE PARENTS
STARTED MAKING THREATS, THIS
STUDENTS RAN.
EVENTUALLY A PARENT AT THE BUS
STOP GOT THE WOMAN OFF THE BUS
AND DIFFUSE THE SITUATION.
>> SHE SAID SHE WOULD HURT ME.
>> AND SHE WOULD BLOW MY HEAD
OFF. TARA HOLLAND RECALLS HER
14 YEAR-OLD DAUGHTER'S WORDS AS
SHE RECOUNTED THE INCIDENT.
>> ABOUT THE LADY WAS GOING TO
KILL HER. AND I JUST DIDN'T
WANT THAT. ARE THEY SPRAYING
THE AREA? BUT AND A LITTLE BIT
AND I KNOW NOTHING LEFT TO
CARRY MORE. 42 YEAR-OLD BILL
QUESTION FACES 6 CHARGES,
INCLUDING 4 COUNTS OF
COMMUNICATING THREATS.
>> ACCORDING TO THE JOHNSTON
COUNTY SHERIFF'S OFFICE REPORT,
BILL COURSE STATED THAT HER
DAUGHTER HAD BEEN BULLIED FOR 4
MONTHS ON THE SCHOOL BUS AND
THE PRINCIPAL WAS NOT DOING
A SINGLE THING ABOUT IT.
HI, MY NAME'S AND I'M A WRAL
TV. A WOMAN AT JURY TOES HOME
TOLD US SHE DID NOT WANT TO
SPEAK WITH US.
>> HOLLAND HOPES THE COURT
SYSTEM AND THE SCHOOL SYSTEM
WILL TAKE THE INCIDENT
SERIOUSLY, THREATENED THEIR
LIVES AND SHE BULLY CHILDREN
EXACTLY WHAT SHE DID A LOT THAT
HAPPENED TO HER KIDS. SHE
ACTUALLY DID TO GET INTO THAT.
AND EVEN IF A LEVEL 2 ADULT.
>> A JOHNSON COUNTY PUBLIC
SCHOOLS RELEASED A STATEMENT
TODAY SAYING ALL PROPER STEPS
HAD BEEN TAKEN BY OUR LOCAL
LAW ENFORCEMENT AND OUR SCHOOL
SYSTEM FOLLOWING THIS INCIDENT,
STUDENT SAFETY IS OUR DISTRICT
NUMBER ONE PRIORITY. THEY GO ON
TO SAY IN THAT STATEMENT THAT
THEY COMMEND THE BUS DRIVER FOR
HOW CALMLY SHE HANDLED THE
SITUATION. AND OF COURSE, THAT
PARENT WHO HELPED DEFUSE THE
SITUATION WE DID ASK THEM IF
THEY HAD ANY REPORTS OF
BULLYING ON THIS BUS AND THEY
SAID THAT WAS NOT SOMETHING
THEY COULD COMMENT ON. GERALD.
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