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In reply to the discussion: Ohio man gets jail for mocking disabled girl [View all]struggle4progress
(118,268 posts)50. Some explanations from Mr Bailey:
... The video was shot last week by Hope's grandmother at a bus stop, and shows what appears to be both Bailey and his son each walking with a pronounced limp. Bailey, for his part, declined to talk on camera, but told The New York Daily News that he was injured on the job and was suffering from bruised ribs and twisted back when the video was shot. "I would never do that," he told the paper. "I wasnt out to make this kid look bad" ...
Ohio family says video shows neighbor mocking disabled daughters walk
Published October 04, 2012
FoxNews.com
http://www.foxnews.com/us/2012/10/04/ohio-family-says-video-shows-neighbor-mocking-disabled-daughters-walk/
... 'I love that little girl. I never even meant that or anything at all toward little Hope. I dont make fun of anybody with a disability,' he said to the Canton Rep. 'I wasnt making fun of anyone. They just kept calling my little boy (names) and I reacted badly. You have to defend your son, your children ...' Explaining the video, he said that he was retaliating for the Knights calling his son a 'retard.' He claims they were present during the taping and were hurling insults at Joseph. 'They were down at the bus stop yelling "retard" and I told my son, "If they want to call us 'retard,' well show them a 'retard.'" And we walked to the car from the bus like that. I did that with my son,' he said ...
Shamed father sentenced to a month in jail after he and his son mocked 10-year-old neighbor with cerebral palsy every day by imitating her limp
By Emily Anne Epstein and Daily Mail Reporter
PUBLISHED: 10:47 EST, 28 November 2012
UPDATED: 11:03 EST, 28 November 2012
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2239838/Father-son-caught-camera-mocking-limp-girl-10-cerebral-palsy.html
... His attorney, John R. Giua, handed out a media statement, which read: To Hope and her family, please accept my apology for my inappropriate behavior. I know that my actions were immature and lacked the respect you deserve. I didnt realize the impact this incident would have upon both of our families and I truly regret it ...
Man gets 29 days in jail for mocking disabled child
By Lori Monsewicz
CantonRep.com staff writer
Posted Nov 27, 2012 @ 12:05 PM
Last update Nov 27, 2012 @ 10:53 PM
http://www.cantonrep.com/news/x1783177129/Man-gets-29-days-in-jail-for-mocking-disabled-child?zc_p=0
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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
These people were all adults, and approached you when you were ten years old?
thucythucy
Nov 2012
#141
There are laws against disorderly conduct and menacing - that's what he plead to.
Hassin Bin Sober
Nov 2012
#43
Go read the statute in post #43 before you spout off and make silly declarative statements.
Hassin Bin Sober
Nov 2012
#77
Child abuse is illegal. And this kind of bullying qualified as child abuse. n/t
backscatter712
Nov 2012
#136
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
nothing personal. if you look through the thread, i'm engaging all the morans here
frylock
Nov 2012
#101
He won't serve a month--probably a week or two. But the sentence will be more aggravating
msanthrope
Nov 2012
#116
I'd say the prosecutor and the judge found that the situation was pretty serious.
backscatter712
Nov 2012
#144
If you knew which jail he was held in, you could pay someone on the inside...
backscatter712
Nov 2012
#145
He's been convicted of a crime, so it's a safe bet that he committed a crime.
kestrel91316
Nov 2012
#68
Here's the video of the "man" and his son, mockingly walking like the little girl:
Poll_Blind
Nov 2012
#8
"You are defending his actions?" Are you talking to me? Of course not! WTF? nt
Poll_Blind
Nov 2012
#20
what is this country coming to when you can't threaten to choke someone with a chain..
frylock
Nov 2012
#123
now that the girl is a public figure- doesn't that let the dad off the hook...?
BlueMan Votes
Nov 2012
#39
The girl is a private citizen. Merely being a victim of a crime does not make you
kestrel91316
Nov 2012
#72
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
I imagine we often think people with different opinions are somewhat less
LanternWaste
Nov 2012
#128
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
It would have been far better to give him community service to help the disabled
still_one
Nov 2012
#53