Detroit Bus Driver Suspended After Video Goes Viral Of Him Fighting 12 Year Old Student

DETROIT (FOX 2) - A Detroit bus driver has been suspended after a video was recorded that showed the driver getting into a brawl with a 7th-grade student all because the girl wouldn't sit down.

The shocking video was recorded Tuesday on a bus in Detroit and was confirmed with the Detroit Public Schools Community District, which said the driver has been removed and may face termination.

"The evilness in her eyes that I (saw) when she was attacking her, I just felt so helpless," said Krissey Coakley, the girl's mom. "And I just felt so sorry for my child."

The mother says her 12-year-old daughter was the victim of a vicious attack by the bus driver.

"I don't think she knows how she is," Coakley said. "She is just quiet and she just looks sad."

It happened this week near the Carver STEM Academy, a Detroit Public School on the city's west side.

According to the girl's family, the 12-year-old girl was waving at her brother out of the window of the bus and the driver tapped her on the shoulder and told her 'sit her a-- down'. Coakley said the girl called the driver out for swearing and that's when she says the driver started hitting her child.