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Ohio man gets jail for mocking disabled girl

CANTON, Ohio (AP) - A northeast Ohio man accused of making fun of a young girl with cerebral palsy has been sentenced to a month in jail.

Canton Municipal Judge John A. Poulos ordered the maximum sentence for 43-year-old William Bailey, who pleaded no contest Tuesday to reduced misdemeanor charges of disorderly conduct and aggravated menacing.

The (Canton) Repository (http://bit.ly/10Um7Zd ) reports that Bailey was caught on cellphone video at a school bus stop in October making fun of how the 10-year-old disabled girl walks. The video of him seemingly imitating her limp was disseminated online and on local TV news. Bailey denied he was mocking the girl, saying he was reacting to name-calling directed at his 9-year-old son.

Bailey apologized to the girl and her family in a statement Tuesday.

http://www.kfvs12.com/story/20203552/ohio-man-gets-jail-for-mocking-disabled-girl

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Ohio man gets jail for mocking disabled girl [View all]	The Straight Story	Nov 2012	OP
Really? Am I the only one who thinks this is ridiculous?	TwilightGardener	Nov 2012	#1
Nope.	unreadierLizard	Nov 2012	#3
First Amendment rights to terrorize and humiliate a girl????	rustydog	Nov 2012	#10
There is no law against bullying.	unreadierLizard	Nov 2012	#12
There is NO constitutional right to harass	rustydog	Nov 2012	#17
there is a right to free expression, however.	BlueMan Votes	Nov 2012	#26
Agreed...it's not like he stalked her...the guy's an ass but jail time	joeybee12	Nov 2012	#31
however, disorderly conduct is against the law	frylock	Nov 2012	#63
This post was hidden by jury decision.	BlueMan Votes	Nov 2012	#93
i'm more into long-term, and i don't see you lasting here through the year	frylock	Nov 2012	#117
You can shorten that time-frame.	Ikonoklast	Nov 2012	#130
i'm positively crestfallen!	frylock	Nov 2012	#158
I can see disappointment writ large across your face.	Ikonoklast	Nov 2012	#181
Yes, if it was found to have risen to the level of disorderly conduct	treestar	Nov 2012	#178
Then every person who ever approached me on the street	TwilightGardener	Nov 2012	#33
Are you a ten-year old girl	Aerows	Nov 2012	#140
I made that comment before I knew all of the aggravating circumstances	TwilightGardener	Nov 2012	#143
I'd blame my lack of knowledge on the headlines instead of not reading the story too.	LanternWaste	Nov 2012	#175
Come on	Aerows	Nov 2012	#186
Fair enough :)	Aerows	Nov 2012	#185
These people were all adults, and approached you when you were ten years old?	thucythucy	Nov 2012	#141
I'm not sure that mockery, imitation, and teasing--	TwilightGardener	Nov 2012	#149
For what it is worth	Aerows	Nov 2012	#187
Yup--if there's a significant backstory it kind of makes	TwilightGardener	Nov 2012	#188
You won't be the first one to do it	Aerows	Nov 2012	#189
We wouldn't have a GOP member walking free!	Demeter	Nov 2012	#29
There are laws against disorderly conduct and menacing - that's what he plead to.	Hassin Bin Sober	Nov 2012	#43
OK, if that is the law or statute, then I can see how they can	TwilightGardener	Nov 2012	#45
This post changed my mind.	Prism	Nov 2012	#57
what part of disorderly conduct and aggravated menacing are you not getting?	frylock	Nov 2012	#62
Bullying is abuse. Period.	backscatter712	Nov 2012	#133
I don't think he terrorized her, he just mocked her	gollygee	Nov 2012	#18
Our Jails are all ready packed full	Drale	Nov 2012	#27
"He should be forced to work with disabled youth..."	thucythucy	Nov 2012	#159
If the goal of speech has to meet with approval of others, then it isn't free.	JVS	Nov 2012	#129
Not sure how this applies to the situation under discussion.	thucythucy	Nov 2012	#170
I think this should have been a civil matter	AldoLeopold	Nov 2012	#156
Do me a favor pretend this girl is a lesbian	Arcanetrance	Nov 2012	#24
mocking isn't illegal.	BlueMan Votes	Nov 2012	#28
Go read the statute in post #43 before you spout off and make silly declarative statements.	Hassin Bin Sober	Nov 2012	#77
This post was hidden by jury decision.	BlueMan Votes	Nov 2012	#87
brilliant retort..	frylock	Nov 2012	#91
oh, you...	BlueMan Votes	Nov 2012	#100
Oh yeah, I forgot about the ...	Hassin Bin Sober	Nov 2012	#104
if we don't use those rights, we're going to lose them.	frylock	Nov 2012	#115
Freeedom!!!!!!	Hassin Bin Sober	Nov 2012	#131
Child abuse is illegal. And this kind of bullying qualified as child abuse. n/t	backscatter712	Nov 2012	#136
Really?	AlexSatan	Nov 2012	#180
So I assume that applies to mocking religious people as well	AlexSatan	Nov 2012	#37
Not sure what your point is.	thucythucy	Nov 2012	#173
I didn't say anything about threatening	AlexSatan	Nov 2012	#179
As a society, we make choices for each other all the time.	thucythucy	Nov 2012	#190
OK, I have determined	AlexSatan	Nov 2012	#192
Going off on something of a tangent, aren't we?	thucythucy	Nov 2012	#193
If you think rights are defined by what you approve	cthulu2016	Nov 2012	#47
the same applies to laws and statutes..	frylock	Nov 2012	#94
FFS	cthulu2016	Nov 2012	#132
yeh well in this case it appears that it does..	frylock	Nov 2012	#160
What does being a lesbian have to do with anything?	obamanut2012	Nov 2012	#85
It was used as an example cause theres alot of support for antigay bullying laws	Arcanetrance	Nov 2012	#167
I agree. A more suitable punishment would be a few days in the stocks with	kestrel91316	Nov 2012	#64
i think a good old fashion ass kicking would be more appropriate	frylock	Nov 2012	#96
I think it's inappropriate. As much as it makes my blood boil	Butterbean	Nov 2012	#5
This shouldn't be a crime at all. I didn't see the video, but	TwilightGardener	Nov 2012	#7
"... Bailey threatened to choke her with a chain ..."	struggle4progress	Nov 2012	#54
OK.	TwilightGardener	Nov 2012	#58
derp	frylock	Nov 2012	#65
Um...not really sure what your problem is. Seems personal.	TwilightGardener	Nov 2012	#66
nothing personal. if you look through the thread, i'm engaging all the morans here	frylock	Nov 2012	#101
Oh, I see. It is personal. You are calling me a moron.	TwilightGardener	Nov 2012	#103
There's where he crossed the line.	backscatter712	Nov 2012	#97
Yes, the threat takes the nuance out of it.	DirkGently	Nov 2012	#98
it appears that he threatened the mom	frylock	Nov 2012	#118
Fuzzy grammar. Should be the mom, IF the antecedent is right.	DirkGently	Nov 2012	#147
agreed	frylock	Nov 2012	#161
Thank you for bringing the facts, yet again. nt	msanthrope	Nov 2012	#111
No, you aren't the only one.	Arkansas Granny	Nov 2012	#55
yes, you are	frylock	Nov 2012	#60
If you bother to read	TwilightGardener	Nov 2012	#61
I also think a month in jail is uncalled for.	Quantess	Nov 2012	#80
He's an odious human being, which would make it easy	TwilightGardener	Nov 2012	#82
Will sitting in jail give him any insights? No.	Quantess	Nov 2012	#83
he threatened to choke the mom with a chain ffs!	frylock	Nov 2012	#107
When someone threatens another person,	Quantess	Nov 2012	#110
He won't serve a month--probably a week or two. But the sentence will be more aggravating	msanthrope	Nov 2012	#116
yeh, well dude plead no contest, so your beef is with him	frylock	Nov 2012	#119
I'd say the prosecutor and the judge found that the situation was pretty serious.	backscatter712	Nov 2012	#144
Yes, but then only if the media has accurately reported the story	treestar	Nov 2012	#176
This Bailey fellow looks to be a serious Bully	Burma Jones	Nov 2012	#2
Lacking a deity to "strike him lame" I guess this will have to do	CBGLuthier	Nov 2012	#4
If you knew which jail he was held in, you could pay someone on the inside...	backscatter712	Nov 2012	#145
You do have to wonder how many beatings he will take if	CBGLuthier	Nov 2012	#153
They're gonna have to keep him in solitary.	backscatter712	Nov 2012	#157
Community service would have been a proper sentence.	Quantess	Nov 2012	#6
Community service for WHAT? Being a jerk?	TwilightGardener	Nov 2012	#9
Okay, you have a point...	Quantess	Nov 2012	#44
Post #43 above shows how it could be construed as disorderly	TwilightGardener	Nov 2012	#46
You're a patron of bars that serve ten year olds?	thucythucy	Nov 2012	#152
My own personal fantasy of what the judge was thinking	CBGLuthier	Nov 2012	#142
He's been convicted of a crime, so it's a safe bet that he committed a crime.	kestrel91316	Nov 2012	#68
Wow, take it easy. Nowhere am I defending bullying and	TwilightGardener	Nov 2012	#76
He was making threats on top of the mocking.	backscatter712	Nov 2012	#146
Here's the video of the "man" and his son, mockingly walking like the little girl:	Poll_Blind	Nov 2012	#8
Jumpin' Jesus, this is a full grown "ADULT" male publicly mocking	rustydog	Nov 2012	#14
"You are defending his actions?" Are you talking to me? Of course not! WTF? nt	Poll_Blind	Nov 2012	#20
Is mockery against the law now? Wouldn't harassment have to be	TwilightGardener	Nov 2012	#21
He did it all the time	johnnie	Nov 2012	#52
Right and his son was bullying the girl on the bus as well for months.	wickerwoman	Nov 2012	#74
Posting the video and pointing out	AlexSatan	Nov 2012	#40
There is no such thing	Sgent	Nov 2012	#184
Never mind jail, or community service...	truebrit71	Nov 2012	#11
Disgusting, but this should be protected free expression nevertheless	Silent3	Nov 2012	#13
You do NOT have 1st amendment rights to Harass another human being!	rustydog	Nov 2012	#15
I'm not sure if it qualifies as harassment	gollygee	Nov 2012	#22
So those pictures and people calling Bush a chimp	AlexSatan	Nov 2012	#42
there's a guy in jail for making a veiled reference to a "burning bush"	frylock	Nov 2012	#108
Mocking is not the same as threatening	AlexSatan	Nov 2012	#124
so is threatening to choke somebody with a chain not threatening anymore?	frylock	Nov 2012	#126
Nope, that is a threat--and what he went to jail for	AlexSatan	Nov 2012	#137
Did that upset you?	Son of Gob	Nov 2012	#182
WTF?	AlexSatan	Nov 2012	#191
Let's see, you just signed up	Son of Gob	Nov 2012	#194
Apparently it doesn't take a genius to make a bunch of wrong assumptions	AlexSatan	Nov 2012	#195
What's the play on words? I don't get it.	Son of Gob	Nov 2012	#196
I'm curious as to how this even resulted in an arrest.	TwilightGardener	Nov 2012	#16
We're in new territory. A lot of people will be the first to get locked up	ecstatic	Nov 2012	#35
I'm sorry, but I don't want to see people arrested for bogus	TwilightGardener	Nov 2012	#38
what is this country coming to when you can't threaten to choke someone with a chain..	frylock	Nov 2012	#123
Just in case you think I was defending	ecstatic	Nov 2012	#139
Watch the video...	trumad	Nov 2012	#19
Exactly	zabet	Nov 2012	#41
He threatened to choke her.	backscatter712	Nov 2012	#102
He threatened to choke her?	gollygee	Nov 2012	#106
Physical threats are different. That really happened?	Silent3	Nov 2012	#148
The video only captured a small part of what this man did.	backscatter712	Nov 2012	#150
So you want to send a message that harrassing disabled people is OK?	Odin2005	Nov 2012	#135
wow. that is messed up.	BlueMan Votes	Nov 2012	#23
Good thing you are wrong.	Hassin Bin Sober	Nov 2012	#30
no, i'm not.	BlueMan Votes	Nov 2012	#32
It IS illegal. That's why he was arrested, tried, and convicted.	kestrel91316	Nov 2012	#71
Disorderly conduct is a fair charge	Red Mountain	Nov 2012	#25
he says he was just protecting his son	Enrique	Nov 2012	#34
From WHAT?	gollygee	Nov 2012	#36
not from second hand smoke..	frylock	Nov 2012	#162
What is that tattoo?	Starry Messenger	Nov 2012	#164
I was thinking Mensa	Enrique	Nov 2012	#165
lololol	Starry Messenger	Nov 2012	#166
now that the girl is a public figure- doesn't that let the dad off the hook...?	BlueMan Votes	Nov 2012	#39
you can't possibly be this fucking dense..	frylock	Nov 2012	#69
dropped you on the head one time to many...?	BlueMan Votes	Nov 2012	#90
The girl is a private citizen. Merely being a victim of a crime does not make you	kestrel91316	Nov 2012	#72
she's a public figure now.	BlueMan Votes	Nov 2012	#89
fucking troll	frylock	Nov 2012	#120
If I was on your jury for this post, I'd vote to leave it!	backscatter712	Nov 2012	#127
2917.11 Disorderly conduct.	struggle4progress	Nov 2012	#48
His actions appear to fall well within the charge of Disorderly Contact as written.	LanternWaste	Nov 2012	#51
Yeah, I expect that if I had a ten year old daughter with cerebral palsy, and if an adult	struggle4progress	Nov 2012	#56
It wouldn't need to even be a young girl related to me	Aerows	Nov 2012	#138
in a police state- they can always find a reason to lock someone up.	BlueMan Votes	Nov 2012	#59
okay, maybe you are that fucking dense..	frylock	Nov 2012	#79
it's amazing how many people actually enjoy living in a police state.	BlueMan Votes	Nov 2012	#86
he threatened to choke the mom, genuis..	frylock	Nov 2012	#125
Especially when one is in violation of written law	LanternWaste	Nov 2012	#92
sigh...	BlueMan Votes	Nov 2012	#105
I imagine we often think people with different opinions are somewhat less	LanternWaste	Nov 2012	#128
I can see it fitting under that	gollygee	Nov 2012	#84
Thanks. n/t	Judi Lynn	Nov 2012	#172
I'm not sure what the problem is.	okwmember	Nov 2012	#49
Seeing that his actions included death threats on top of child abuse, I'd say he got off light. n/t	backscatter712	Nov 2012	#151
Some explanations from Mr Bailey:	struggle4progress	Nov 2012	#50
Oh my god what a knob.	Sheldon Cooper	Nov 2012	#78
I ruptured a disk in my lower back and didn't walk like that	NickB79	Nov 2012	#122
Guy needs to get his story straight.	Mariana	Nov 2012	#168
It would have been far better to give him community service to help the disabled	still_one	Nov 2012	#53
No.	Sheldon Cooper	Nov 2012	#70
I wouldn't let this freak within a mile of any disabled person.	kestrel91316	Nov 2012	#73
You can't teach a psychopath empathy.	backscatter712	Nov 2012	#154
Ok I got the message	still_one	Nov 2012	#177
Just building that bad Karma, aren't you	burnsei sensei	Nov 2012	#67
Stupid sentence - jails/prisons are overcrowded as it is, a much better	Smilo	Nov 2012	#75
Animal abusers shouldn't work at a rescue for CS	obamanut2012	Nov 2012	#95
Good	get the red out	Nov 2012	#81
This was done to a minor and it was systematic	obamanut2012	Nov 2012	#88
I posted the video of the 'mocking', thought it was awful but jail?	Liberal_in_LA	Nov 2012	#99
Repeatedly, day-after-day, combined with threats.	backscatter712	Nov 2012	#113
oh ok.	Liberal_in_LA	Nov 2012	#174
...saying that Bailey threatened to choke her with a chain.	frylock	Nov 2012	#109
also overlooked in this constitutional herp derp is that he plead NO CONTEST!	frylock	Nov 2012	#112
I don't see much of a constitutional crisis here.	backscatter712	Nov 2012	#155
try explaining that to some of the constitutional scholars in this thread	frylock	Nov 2012	#163
I really enjoyed how you dealt with some of the brainiacs in this thread.	Son of Gob	Nov 2012	#183
Mean people suck	slackmaster	Nov 2012	#114
Good! What an ass!	Odin2005	Nov 2012	#121
Asshat.	sarcasmo	Nov 2012	#134
I have no problem with it at all in this case.	forestpath	Nov 2012	#169
he doesn't need jailtime	blueknight	Nov 2012	#171